This striking necklace by designer Anthony Ferrara is handcrafted with pewter stainless steel ring mesh and black lip shell.  The back features a closure with a 4" long link chain to adjust length, the black lip shell pendant measures 7" in length.

Anthony Ferrara has worked with metal mesh for over 30 years.  As the foremost designer working in metal mesh today, Anthony Ferrara creates wearable art.  Ferrara has worked with Gianni Versace, Missoni, Emmanuelle Kahn, Courreges and Paco Rabanne among others.

Chainmail is also called chain mail or chain maille, (maille), French word deriving from the Latin word macula, which means mesh or net.  It is defined as the practice of linking rings to create patterns, or “sheets” of flexible metal for the purpose of armor or decoration.  Aside from its use in the fashion world, chain maille (mesh) can be used for industrial, architectural and scientific applications as well.