I have not rearranged the beads at all. The three individual strands came from the same person at the same time.

I believe they were originally intended to be worn together. And, I suspect they survived the 1920's when necklaces of tiny beads like this one would have been updated into a long single flapper strand.

This is the first time I have seen such a large number of so called "Edo Beads." And this is the first time I have ever seen small sized Edo Beads.