[Ringdant] This piece possesses a 22-carat emerald B-cut center diamond and 5.9 carats of surrounding smaller diamonds composed of 52 tapered baguettes and 24 brilliants. The form of a ballerina's tutu inspired the design. The setting is called a ringdant. It can be worn as either a ring or a pendant.

Courtesy of the National Museum of Natural History, gift of Leonard E. and Victoria Wilkinson.

Wilkinson Ringdant, early 1960s, designed by A. Z. Palais, United States, gold with diamonds

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