That's because the association of pearls with high end decoration has been slain by the development of cheap plastic replicas.
Back in the 1600s that many perfect white orbs of near uniform size on one object required a fortune to assemble, now it's on sale in a 99¢ shop and the majesty of the thing will not come back.
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