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<p>[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 12854, member: 121"]Just a historical note on the SOCIAL aspects of of knotted pearls (as opposed to the TECNICAL aspect). With graduated pearls those 10mm and over should be double knotted between each pearl, smaller, medium orbs should be single knotted between pearls and small pearls should not be knotted at all. This is for aesthetic reasons - the spacing allows each pearl to "stand alone" within the strand due to the spacing. Double knotting with medium pearls and single knotting with small pearls is taken as a trying to make the strand longer with less pearls thus a practice of the</p><p>La Petite and La Moyenne bourgeoisie.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 12854, member: 121"]Just a historical note on the SOCIAL aspects of of knotted pearls (as opposed to the TECNICAL aspect). With graduated pearls those 10mm and over should be double knotted between each pearl, smaller, medium orbs should be single knotted between pearls and small pearls should not be knotted at all. This is for aesthetic reasons - the spacing allows each pearl to "stand alone" within the strand due to the spacing. Double knotting with medium pearls and single knotting with small pearls is taken as a trying to make the strand longer with less pearls thus a practice of the La Petite and[I][B] [/B][/I]La Moyenne bourgeoisie.[/QUOTE]
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