Figaro silver chain 1.7mm

The figaro layout alternates a longer link with a run of short ones, and at 1.7mm in sterling silver 925 that repeat stays legible without turning bulky. Each link is flattened, so the chain sits close to the skin instead of standing away from it. The pattern gives it more texture than a plain curb of the same gauge.

This is an everyday width. It will carry most pendants comfortably and still looks considered worn bare, which makes it a sensible first silver chain. Both lengths sit low: 50cm on the chest and 55cm mid-chest, clear of most collars. The longer of the two pairs neatly with a shorter chain if layering.

Sterling silver 925, made in Italy, solid through the link with nothing plated on top. Expect it to darken slowly — that is silver behaving normally, and a silver polishing cloth reverses it. Each order goes out by insured Express Post to any Australian address.