Paperclip Chain Lariat Necklace in 14K Yellow Gold

Measure this one twice. The chain goes 17 inches around the neck, and the drop that falls from the front adds another 155mm straight down. A 17-inch necklace normally sits at the base of the throat and stops there. With the drop it reaches the sternum as well, so one piece occupies two positions at once and needs no second chain to fill the space between them.

What hangs below the front is the same paperclip link as the rest, and that continuity is worth more here than a pendant would be. Nothing has been attached to anything. The chain simply turns and keeps going, so the eye follows a single vocabulary from the back of the neck to the end of the drop. At 4mm those links are broad enough to hold a flat polished face, and the drop is where they get seen, because it hangs clear of the body instead of lying against it.

Hanging clear is also what gives the piece its movement. The lower end is unsupported, so it answers to walking and leaning rather than to the shape of the collarbone underneath, and no other necklace construction leaves a part of itself that free.

Solid 14K yellow gold, 3.9 grams, lobster clasp, with the DEEVE lifetime warranty.