I don’t think that fringe edging in that Winterhalter has been clarified in Roberts, or that Roberts attempts to cover all the fringes in Queen Victoria’s collection at various times.
But under Queen Adelaide’s Fringe Necklace on page 28 it states, of Queen Victoria, -
“In her widowhood it appears that the Queen may have worn the jewel as a border to the neckline of her dress.” with note 5.
Note 5 on page 32 states “As in the Diamond Jubilee official portrait of Queen Victoria (page 42) - which is this one.
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