| Weight (g) | 0.00 |
| Colour | Gold |
A plain gold-tone necklace with no stones at all: a worked band carrying a dense fringe of small pointed leaves that hang free along the whole lower edge. The matching earrings repeat the leaf fringe at a smaller scale.
With no stones to carry colour, the design works entirely through movement — the leaves swing independently, so the necklace catches light differently with every step.
A stoneless gold necklace is the one to reach for when the outfit is already heavily embroidered or printed. It adds metal without adding another colour.
Festivals, temple visits, traditional functions and heavily worked outfits.
With no stones, the only care this needs is a dry cloth and a closed pouch. The leaves can be straightened gently with fingers if one bends in storage. This is the piece in the batch most suited to being worn regularly rather than kept for functions.
There is also no colour to date. Stone-set jewellery follows the colours that are current in wedding outfits, and a set bought three seasons ago can look of its time; a plain gold-tone fringe does not, which is the argument for owning at least one stoneless necklace.
Stoneless jewellery is underrated for a practical reason: there is nothing to come loose, nothing to discolour and nothing to match. A piece like this survives being worn often, which is not true of a stone-set necklace at the same price.
The leaf fringe is the traditional element here — it echoes the gold leaf and coin fringes of south Indian temple jewellery, where the sound and movement of the fringe was part of the point. Each leaf is hung on its own loop rather than being stamped as one piece.
Fringed gold-tone necklaces are a south Indian temple-jewellery idea that travelled north, and the detail that marks a good one is whether each leaf hangs on its own loop or whether the fringe is stamped as a single sheet. Individually hung leaves move and catch light; a stamped fringe stays flat and looks it.
A sensible gift for someone who wears sarees often, because it needs no colour matching at all. See more in necklaces.
This piece is made on a copper base with a gold-tone plating rather than solid gold, which keeps the price where it is and the weight low enough to wear comfortably. Plating is a surface rather than a bulk property, so how long it lasts depends almost entirely on what it meets — perfume, hairspray and sweat all shorten it, while a dry cloth after wearing and a closed pouch between wearings extend it considerably.
Put this on after perfume, hairspray and hand cream, and take it off before washing, swimming or sleeping. Wipe with a dry soft cloth and use a dry soft brush around the stone settings and between any pearls, where a cloth cannot reach. Store it in a zip-lock pouch — the single most effective thing for a plated piece, because it keeps humid air off the metal. Never use silver polish, dip cleaners or an ultrasonic cleaner.
| Weight (grams) | 0.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Gold |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA3628 |
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