All That Shines

Setting and Design Styles

BEAD SET: Small burrs of metal rise out of the base of the pin to hold the individual rhinestones in place.

BEZEL SET: A way of setting the stone in which the stone is held in place by a band of metal that is placed around the outside of each stone. This is a time-consuming and expensive method.

CHANNEL SET: Occurs when the rhinestones rest in a metal channel and are held in only by a slight rim that runs along the edge of the channel. In this method, the stones are set side-by-side so no metal is seen between the stones.

HAND SET: Stones are glued in individually in the scooped-out cup in the metal.

HAND SET WITH METAL PRONGS: Stones are handset and then the metal prongs are bent over the top of the stone.

PAVE SET: Occurs when the stones are set together in a group so that the underlying metal surface is hidden.

PRONG SET: A setting consisting of a series of prongs or claws to hold a stone. Such settings usually consist or four or six prongs.

TIFFANY SETTING: A six or four prong setting generally round in shape and flaring out from the base to the top, having slender prongs that hold the stone. Charles L. Tiffany introduced it in 1886.