Centrally Drilled Baroque Pearl Strip Necklace

There is a kind of beauty that refuses to be polished into submission. These centrally drilled pearl strips carry the quiet authority of the sea. Each bead, averaging nineteen millimetres across, has been left in its natural, rugged state: uncoated, unbleached, the surface rippled and uneven in the way that only genuine freshwater pearls can be. Roughly seventy such beads are strung along a sixteen-inch (approximately forty-one centimetre) strand, their irregular forms pressing lightly against one another to create a silhouette that is simultaneously ancient and entirely modern. At seventy-nine grams, the necklace has a satisfying, substantive weight, the kind that settles against the collarbone with intention. This is not the pearl of bridal suites and stiff formality. It belongs to a longer tradition, one that values the unmediated object, the bead as it was found rather than forced. Wear this strand over a handwoven khadi kurta in the afternoon, when the light catches each ridge and hollow differently. Or layer it against a silk blouse at an intimate dinner, where its rawness reads as considered restraint beside the fabric's sheen. The free-size string accommodates most necklines without adjustment. The central drilling ensures each bead sits true on the strand without rotating out of place, and the natural finish requires no special maintenance beyond a gentle wipe after wear. A piece for the woman who collects texture, not trends.

Details

• Dimensions: 16.0" String
  19 mm Avg Bead Size
  Avg 70 Beads Per Strand
• Weight: 79.0 g
• SKU: JQO46