The
table cut is a simpler cutting than either the step or brilliant. It
consists simply of a table with beveled edges. It is an old form of
cutting, and is generally superseded at the present day by forms with a
greater number of facets.
The
rose cut has the crown facetted all over, the table of the brilliant
being replaced by six triangular facets, and the other facets by
eighteen triangular ones. The base is either made flat, or as a
duplicate of the upper part, the latter cut giving what is known as the
" double brilliant."
The
rose cut is especially useful for small or flat diamonds, as by means
of it well-cut gems can be made from pieces of " rough " which are too
small or too thin to make brilliants.
Besides
the brilliant and rose, which are standard cuttings for the diamond,
there are several quaint and fanciful cuts which are now more or less
in vogue. One of these is the " pendeloque," a sort of double rose cut,
and the " briolette," also a
