The popular and enduring riviere Georgian style
The rivière – one of the most popular and enduring styles of necklace to come out of the Georgian period – features an endless line of matched or subtly graduated gems set within inconspicuous collets. However, as Marielle Whiting at Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury points out, seldom are they equals.
“It is pretty common to see a Victorian amethyst or a Georgian garnet rivière,” she says. “We have…