A Tough One: Gallery Wire.

Factual Questions
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This is a purely mundane question, but I’ve been searching for years and haven’t even come close to the answer.

There is a product called gallery wire (aka gallery strip) that is used by silversmiths. It is a very intricate pierced material used for making elaborate settings for gems.

It can be bought retail at great expense from large jewelry suppliers–but who actually /manufactures/ the stuff? And how?

This has got to be right up there with the Best Kept Secrets of All Time, along with “What Size Trowel Does Tammy Faye Use?”.

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This was a tough one alright. One problem was the stuff is more commonly known as bezel wire.
Anyway, check out this site.:

http://www.jsritter.com/galleryw.htm

If this is the stuff you’re talking about, then Hoover & Strong makes it. Visit their site here:

http://hooverandstrong.com/home1.htm

I hope that helps, and welcome to SDMB.

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Hey, thanks, TNTruth. I think you’re right. I’ll pester them
a bit on Monday.

Thanks for the welcome. I just found the Board today, and already it looks like more fun than rolling down a hill in a barrel of barbed wire, hittin’ a big rock, and bouncing into a lake of boiling lemonade…

4

Please allow mw to be the first to invite you to MIPSIMS:
You’re gonna fit in just fine…

5

No, allow mwha

6

You know, there really oughtta be a Smilie for “KissyFace”… ;-*