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Posted by Aaron
on May 26, 2012, 4:15 am, in reply to "Re: collier résille confusion"
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Way back (when we didn't have the password yet), we had some discussion of Princess Anne wearing a necklace which we felt was the garland collier. Anyone still remember them? I think we've only seen them once, during the engagement photos of the Princess.
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: What important marriages happened in 1904 that
: would warrant a necklace like that one on
: the left?
: PJ
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: Monica, I assume you are referring to the
: necklace shown below on the left? I'm not
: sure that ever belonged to Queen Alexandra.
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: Here is a summary of information I read
: years ago on a message board that is no
: longer accessible:
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: The piece on the left is identified or
: described in Menkes (which I don't have) as
: Queen Alexandra's collier résille. Her
: source was Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary
: by Hans Nadelhoffer, 1984. In that book the
: two plates above are shown next to each
: other or on opposite pages. The caption of
: the one with swags and bows does identify it
: as having been made for Queen Alexandra but
: I don't recall what the other one said. It
: is thought that the two captions mistakenly
: got swapped, causing the confusion. The
: necklace on the right appears to be the one
: worn by Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary,
: whose alterations would have included the
: removal of the garland borders.
:
: It will be a couple of days before I can
: visit the library in my city that has
: Nadelhoffer. Perhaps someone who has it can
: verify this story?
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