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Originally Posted by Bodecia ...looks like a strand of silk to me with nothing on it but there are tiny .5 or so keshi on it. [...] I don't understand why they would have been drilled in the first place. |
Why.. for folks like myself ! Don't want to take sides or anything
... impressed with the extreme size, I've been looking for the uses of such pearls over time and found a few that would make a good excuse to wear them today. Not sure if single strands of such nano-pearls were ever 'in'. For some reason, I can't seem to find very compelling examples of early designs right now, some managed staying power (torsades - sure enough, long chain versions, that sort of thing), most failed (
strange things sure did happen to small pearls). Somewhere on this website there is an example of Art Nouveau style necklace with enamel and opal stations on a seed pearl rope - quite something, that one
Btw. this thread reminded me to check out a certain seller of sand-sized Akoya keshi: clicked on and found a new website with quite a bit more to look at than previously.
Here it is. 
I do not know what these pearls go for now - they used to be $20-$40 for a better 16inch single strand a couple of years ago, if memory serves. The thin, spiky ones quite a bit less.