Danish emeralds Archived Message
Posted by JohnPete  on January 11, 2012, 3:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Danish emeralds in new royal portrait !"
I love the fact that HM has a grand set of emeralds, but sadly I get distracted by two small details:
1. The color of the stones- the stones don't seem to have the same brilliant glow that emeralds worn by Queen Elizabeth or Queen Anne-Marie have. They seem a little dark, or perhaps photos don't do them justice. The Cambridge emeralds seem to be charged with green electricity for example.
2. The way the stones hang on the neck- these stones seem to dangle independently and often there are a few that sit in a random way on HM's neck. I guess sometimes I just like symmetry.
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: Queen Margrethe wear the emeralds parure with
: gowns in all diiferent green colours but i
: can't remeber she has worn it ever with a
: gown in another colour like Queen Sonja does
: it frequently with her emerald Parure.
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: --Previous Message--
: Thanks Marianne for letting us know that
: Members on RJWMB and GREMB were mentioned in
: this new lovely book about Queen's
: Margrethe's Portraits...absolutely
: fantastic...Congrats to all the fellow
: posters
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: In addition I really liked this new unveiled
: portrait of 3 generations (I call it)...I
: think of it as Past, present and future
: rulers because to me QMII represents past in
: addition to present with Frederik
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: The details in this painting are done
: absolutely stunning...mostly of course I
: paid attention to the Jewels...and I have to
: admit that the painted emerald tiara looks
: better (IMHO) than the actual one worn by
: the Queen I always was amazed by the
: necklace (stone size and design) and
: chandelier earrings and corsage..but tiara
: always looked like unbalanced...not
: literally but more in the design...I believe
: that the central emerald should have been
: placed little higher...or larger stone
: should have been used to have more balance
: between tiara and a necklace...that way
: visually it would have looked more complete,
: if that makes sense.
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: The only thing that I can't remember is
: Queen Margrethe wearing emerald parure with
: this pink dress...I just went through all
: the photos that I have of her in this dress
: and either she wore Pearl parure or Crown
: diamonds but never emeralds..I wonder if the
: Queen was painted first, and the jewels
: added later by her request? because I surely
: don't remember this combination.
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