Date: 10/9/2005 10:02:05 AM
Author: Lorelei
Madrock - what are you up to???????Do you still have your enormous oval? DETAILS!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 10/9/2005 10:13:46 AM
Author: madrock
As I said, I know I want the double claw prongs, and probably a thin pave band. Other than that, I am open to suggestions...
'Double claws and thin pave band' cover most of the description actually (see trial below). Especially if the shape of the stone needs to stand out (those deep cut corners), there isn't much left for the setting to do around the stone face up. Perhaps some detail could be added on the underside more for your enjoyment than for somone else to pick up from across the street.
I would ask the jeweler for some options about that on a classic Cartier style basket. The 'bars' holding the prongs together can always be replaced by more intricate stuff and some Art of Platinum rings have wonderful work on the undercarriage showing dazzling potential.
Speaking of dramatic emerald cuts... there is a fantastic (IMO) example on that website already. Actually, all stones with the corners cut deeper than usual hold a special appeal to me. This is over the top in so many other ways though! And I just had to take a break and put DiamCalc to yet more unintended use
Date: 10/9/2005 10:40:49 AM
Author: kaleigh
Madrock, It sounds incredible!!! I love doubble claws too. I would contact Leon and keep it clean and simple. The stone should be ths star of the design. At that size I''d let it stand alone, but that''s just me. Good luck and I can''t wait to see it. Yay!!!!
Something like that... there isn''t much room anyway, unless something goes on top of the finger near the stone (like the halo on the oval ring). If the shank is paved it would probably just help show the ''precious'' status of the entire piece while a simple frame is a great, but overused thing. Modern pave can be so amazingly small! (see those ''diamond thread'' designs in the Royal Asscher line of jewelry and Vera Wang).Date: 10/9/2005 3:35:43 PM
Author: door knob solitaire
It is 8 wonderful carats. That is all the eyes will see. All your eye will want to see.
Date: 10/9/2005 6:00:48 PM
Author: moremoremore
Madrock- what was the color and size of your last? I dunno, I don''t think it''s a ''mind clean'' thing...large stones in ''near colorless'' colors are bound to show some color to some people... (I think once you go D E F you''ll never go back!(just my own opinion so I don''t start a color warLOL )....)
I would totally do two teeny tiny thin and long baguettes....that''s my fav look...
But to be honest, no matter what you end up with, it will be stunning and lustworthy!!!Much congrats to you!
That''s great, of courseDate: 10/9/2005 8:47:58 PM
Author: madrock
What do y''all think of this setting?
Date: 10/10/2005 6:05:08 AM
Author: valeria101
Date: 10/10/2005 8:08:02 AM
Author: madrock
Good point, because no, I DON''T want the pave to show around the center stone -- but I need a picture to show my designer, and to get the idea clear in my own mind.
A traditional basket well done should not show at all from the top (sometimes they do when diamonds are forced into ready-made settings that are too large for them). Only the tips of the prongs show. pretty much like in the DiamCalc picture of a hand I posted (that lacks the prongs, I''ll correct that).
I''d really like to see what a smaller basket looks like from underneath.
No problem I hope...
What size do you think those stones are in the pave?
I would guess half point or so on the prongs and the basket and perhaps up to two point on the ring shank. If I knew the precise size of anything in that picture, it would be easy to tell. Just as a note, the largest number of diamonds I have ever heard of on a dimaond ring was... close to 400 on a traditional cathedral style ring with a 2 carat or so round diamond! Those were .6 point on average, but not all the same size.
How about the three-sided pave in that round halo ring?
Do you think the prongs will look too long?
I do not understand the ''prongs too long'' part. You mean going too much over the face of the stone?
And most importantly, is that setting secure enough to hold a big stone?
Sure that! Although not huge, the prongs have allot of support from the support ''rings'' (the bars that go around the stone), unlike the V-shaped ''Tiffany style'' settings that work best for smaller diamonds.