In the Shu King, a 23rd-century B.C. book, the scribe sniffs that as tribute, a lesser king sent "strings of pearls not quite round." In Egypt, decorative mother-of-pearl was used at least as far ...
With two strings of 55 and 73 perfect pearls ... to each other at a dinner She was extolling the beauty of Cartier's pearl necklace but claimed not to be able to afford it. Pierre knew that ...