Graduated Size Beads

Graduated gemstone beads are strands sorted by size, small at the ends and largest in the middle, so a necklace builds naturally toward its focal point and drapes the way a classic strand should. Most are freeform cuts, nuggets, sticks, coins and chips, where the natural variation in the stone becomes part of the design, in stones from aquamarine, chrysoprase and amethyst to Roman glass. String one as it comes for a finished necklace, or split a strand across 2 designs.