Square Setting Diamond Pendant Mount, 14K White Gold

Seventy-six diamonds already sit on this setting, arranged into a square with ribs and spokes like a decorative window. The only empty spot is the tiny square setting right at the center — and that's the only decision left for you.

Eight rectangular stones as spokes, not as a border

Rectangular-cut stones are usually used to run a border — two parallel strips hugging the composition and locking the frame. On this setting the jeweler uses them quite differently: eight bars radiating from the center, four pointing to the four sides, four to the four diagonal corners.

That arrangement turns them into the skeleton of the whole form. The eye reads the main axes at once, and everything else — the ring of stones around the setting, the round stones on the outer border — is just flesh built onto that frame. The result is a square with direction and rays, not an even field of stones.

It's also the hardest composition in our pendant collection: the eight bars must radiate at exactly the right angles and lengths, their ends reaching exactly the right spots. One bar off and the whole shape loses balance, with no way to hide it.

The four largest stones sit at the four corners

Look at the outer border and you'll see the stones aren't all one size: the largest stones on the whole pendant are placed right at the four corners of the square.

The reason is that corners are where the eye rests when reading a square. Spread stones of one size evenly around the border and the four corners look thin — the square feels rounded off, losing the crisp edges that are this shape's strength. Put large stones there and the square stretches right out to its corners.

It's only noticeable in side-by-side comparison, but it's the difference between a crisp square pendant and one that looks slightly blurred.

The open spaces are deliberate

Between the stone spokes you'll see open spaces showing right through to the back — this setting isn't fully set solid.

For a large square, full setting would produce a solid plate that looks heavy and dark in the middle, since light only enters from the front. Leaving it open lets light pass through from back to front, the background brightens, and the whole pendant looks lighter even at the same size.

There's a very real benefit too: less gold means lighter weight. A large solid pendant pulls the chain down and gradually slides toward the back of the neck during the day — this open construction avoids that.

The square center setting decides which stone you look for

The most important thing to know before buying this setting: the center setting is square. It's made for diamonds with corners — square and rectangular cuts — not round stones.

That's a constraint but also the intent: a cornered stone at the center fits the rectangular spokes and four square corners of the composition, creating one unified geometric language. Drop a round stone into the middle of this square and it immediately looks out of place, however beautiful it is.

If you already have a round stone and still love this setting, bring it in — the jeweler will see whether an adapter setting can be made to fit. But the most natural choice for it is still a cornered stone.

Buy at Thảo Linh

See it in person at our showroom, 120 Pham Thi Tanh, Chanh Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, or call 0945 006 001 for advice on finding a center stone to suit this square setting and to have it held before you come.

12-month warranty, with free lifetime polishing and ultrasonic cleaning. This piece has many gaps between its spokes, so regular ultrasonic cleaning is worth doing consistently — dust in the gaps is the number one reason a whole field of stones looks less clear.

Thảo Linh buys back and exchanges openly at fixed rates, stated clearly at the time of sale rather than negotiated when you return.