Hi everyone. I recently purchased this enormous strand of (what I believe to be old) Turkomen silver beads. They are strung on a fab old silver woven chain & have what appear to be original felt circles separating the large beads. I want to wash these, as I typically clean my silver with soapy warm water, but I'm wondering if rather than taking the necklace apart I can simply douse the entire lot (felt & all). The felt separators are old, rather crispy hard & although I don't really want to destroy them, perhaps this will benefit them as well. Any thoughts? Also, I know these beads are still being produced, or have been in the recent past, but I believe these to be quite old. Does anyone have any perspective on this? Thanks for your help! Lynne