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Tiffany setting

noun

, Jewelry.
  1. a setting, as in a ring, in which the stone is held with prongs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tiffany setting1

Named after C. L. Tiffany
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Example Sentences

Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Manhattan said a lower-court judge erred in finding Costco liable for selling the rings, which Costco said had a pronged “Tiffany” setting.

She chooses a traditional round 2.17-carat diamond solitaire in the signature six-prong Tiffany setting.

His father, Charles Lewis Tiffany, soon invented the “Tiffany setting” for diamond rings: Instead of framing the stone with bezels on either side, it displayed the gem solo atop a band.

“Think of the windows of Gene Moore in the ’60s that juxtaposed a toy steam shovel with a pile of sand and an extraordinary diamond in a Tiffany setting.

The rings in question had a pronged setting that Costco said is “commonly known as a ‘Tiffany’ setting,” however, some of the display cases simply described the rings as “Tiffany” instead of “Tiffany setting” or “Tiffany style.”

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