Ring gallery: the metalwork under the stone
A ring's gallery is the metalwork beneath the stone, the part of the setting you see when you look at the ring from the side. It lies between the stone and the shank, supports the prongs or bezel, decides how high the stone sits, and carries detail the top view hides.
3D Jewelry Designer1 min read
Rails, baskets and height
A gallery rail is a horizontal strip of metal joining the prongs below the stone, so each prong is braced by its neighbours. Prongs joined by rails form a basket.
A cathedral setting lifts the stone on arches rising from the shank. A low head keeps the gallery short, so the stone sits closer to the finger.
Detail you see from the side
From the side the gallery is in plain view, so it is a common place for filigree, scrollwork or a hidden halo of small stones just below the centre stone. When you photograph your catalogue for Shopify, Raised gallery is one of the named shots.
In CAD and the ring builder
In Jewelry CAD, a prong head takes 3, 4, 6 or 8 prongs, a taper and a gallery rail. The ring builder seats each head onto the band automatically, so heads with different galleries can share one band.
Questions
Is the gallery part of the head or the shank?
Usually the head: a separate head comes with its gallery and is fixed onto the shank. In a cathedral design the shank's arches rise to meet it.
Does the gallery add to a ring's weight?
Yes. It is metal like the rest of the setting, so a weight measured from the full 3D model already counts it.
Related
- Prong setting in jewelry: how claws hold a stone
A prong setting holds a stone with small metal claws over its edge. How prong count and tip shape change a ring, and how a CAD file's prongs are detected.
- Ring shank: the band of a ring
The shank is the band of a ring, the part that circles the finger. It sets the ring size, comfort and metal weight, and it is where a ring is resized.
- An engagement ring builder for your website
A live 3D engagement ring builder for your website. Shoppers pick a band, head, metal and stone, and the server recalculates the price at checkout.