Posted by Nellie on October 25, 2012, 5:37 am, in reply to "Re: another closeup"
Ah! It is one long loop and the heart can slide up and down to adjust the lengths!!
--Previous Message-- : --Previous Message-- : Why so complicated? I'm sure it was designed : to be worn alternatively as a sautoir by : very simply detaching the shorter inner : loop. : : Which would mean the heart shaped jewel must : be detached, turned around and attached : again, otherwise it would have appeared : upside down. : : Still a possibility, but I think on the : photo Torkel posted the angle of the : pearl-chain suggests that the chain comes : from above the heart shaped amethyst, : continues behind the jewel and reappears at : the bottom. The angles are too acute for two : separate loops* horizontally attached to the : heart... oh dear, with descriptions like : that I'm hopelessly lost in my limited : command of a foreign language : : * two separate closed loops, that is. It's : possible of course that the two loose ends : of each loop were properly attached to the : sides of the heart shaped jewel, but the way : the DoC wore it suggests otherwise, IMO. : : : :