I have a 1.42ct, 7mm, L color OEC, and am looking for some input in the setting. Before I got the stone, I had been planning on having a hexagon or octagon frame setting made for it. I already have a 1ct asscher solitaire in 18k rose gold, so I was thinking that adding angles in the setting of the OEC would look nice if I ever wear the 2 rings together. Here's a photo of the stone:
And wrapped in a rose gold chain to see the color:
I imagined having a thin (maybe 1mm? 1.5mm?) frame with milgrain, and little claw prongs that come up from the frame to hold the stone in place. Imagine the milgrain and size of this frame (and maybe color? I can't tell if it's rose gold):
with the angular shape of Dreamer's ring:
I would also imagine the band being plain/smooth, without any etching or milgrain.
Any thoughts on this setting idea? What I'm having trouble picturing is how the ring would look in profile. I want the profile to basically look like a standard solitaire setting, but then I'm not sure how the frame shape would fit into that.
AND, to throw a monkey wrench into things, now that I have the stone, I keep staring at it and thinking it is so pretty all on its own, that maybe I should just put it into a solitaire similar to this one:
http://www.engagementringsdirect.com/brooklyn-classic-4-prong-cathedral-solitaire-engagement-ring-bpid-45-17.html
If you have strong feelings on which way to go, let me know! I had planned to do a more interesting setting with this stone since my asscher is so simple. However, I really like simple, so I could go either way.
And finally, I worked with ERD on my asscher setting, but am considering both ERD or OWD for this one. I have no idea if one would be preferable to the other, so if you do, that would be great to know!
And wrapped in a rose gold chain to see the color:
I imagined having a thin (maybe 1mm? 1.5mm?) frame with milgrain, and little claw prongs that come up from the frame to hold the stone in place. Imagine the milgrain and size of this frame (and maybe color? I can't tell if it's rose gold):
with the angular shape of Dreamer's ring:
I would also imagine the band being plain/smooth, without any etching or milgrain.
Any thoughts on this setting idea? What I'm having trouble picturing is how the ring would look in profile. I want the profile to basically look like a standard solitaire setting, but then I'm not sure how the frame shape would fit into that.
AND, to throw a monkey wrench into things, now that I have the stone, I keep staring at it and thinking it is so pretty all on its own, that maybe I should just put it into a solitaire similar to this one:
http://www.engagementringsdirect.com/brooklyn-classic-4-prong-cathedral-solitaire-engagement-ring-bpid-45-17.html
If you have strong feelings on which way to go, let me know! I had planned to do a more interesting setting with this stone since my asscher is so simple. However, I really like simple, so I could go either way.
And finally, I worked with ERD on my asscher setting, but am considering both ERD or OWD for this one. I have no idea if one would be preferable to the other, so if you do, that would be great to know!
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