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A link necklace lives or dies by its construction, and that is exactly what makes it a good test of a workshop: the repeating sterling links must articulate cleanly and drape with weight, with no stone to distract from the joinery. The design is the chain itself.
Los Castillo, founded in Taxco in 1939, was one of the large talleres whose hierarchies of specialized smiths could execute exactly this kind of repetitive, exacting linkwork (Stromberg, p. 41). A well-made link necklace shows the workshop's bench discipline.
Link necklaces are among the more frequently seen Los Castillo forms, and a clean sterling example remains a staple of the market.
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