princess setting turned 45 degrees

[nickdef]

Hi All--

I was just wondering if there is a specific name for this. Can anyone help? I have heard "twisted" but that seems to pertain to the ring and not particularly the setting itself. I don''t think that it''s that common, but I have come across it on the web, but can''t remember where it was. Thanks!

NIck

 

[bizgk]

did you have any luck finding it? i would be interested to see..

 

[nicstn]

here is some examples of what i think u are talking about. i have heard it referred to as Star Set.
the website i got it from is
http://store.yahoo.com/horizonwholesale/index.html

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 2/7/2005 10:21:31 AM
Author: crankydave
The thing to keep in mind with setting a P/C like this is the stone must be perfectly square and the setter must do a perfect job positioning and finishing prongs or it will look crooked.

Dave

This is very very true...I had a princess soliaire pendant that was a little off square in the l to w ratio and not realizing this, I had it set "on point" the way you''re describing. It looked AWFUL and crooked. I hated it and had it immediately reset the regular way.

This point cannot be overstated!!!!!

 

[PhillipSchmidt]

Diagonally set like this one.

In Europe diagonally set is common.

Also, Down the finger - East/West is common too. In fact I have set as many across the finger as North/South - down the finger.

Why not?