Is the piece above the tiara for the "Belt" decoration? I put all the pieces on the body in my head but that top piece above the tiara not sure where it goes..I am guessing Belt or around the "umpire" waistline?
--Previous Message-- : This parure belongued to princess Augusta of : Bavaria, daughter in law of empress : Josephine. Always the same design in the : palmettes, like in the cameo tiara or the : emerald norvegian tiara : : : : Uploaded with ImageShack.us : --Previous Message-- : Yes indeed. While the complete parure would : probably be rather overwhelming, parts of it : could still be worn to great effect. : The jewelry exhibition at the Nordic Museum : Stockholm featuring the set will continue : until next spring. : : In his entry, Trond also makes interesting : connections to the Rosenborg lava parure and : to a similar malachite parure which belonged : to Empress Joséphine. : : : --Previous Message-- : thanks Boris..I can totally see Queen Silvia : in few pieces together from the parure...she : can totally wear it and make it look even : more grand : : Beautiful parure...metal work is very : similar in style to cameo tiara frame... : : : : --Previous Message-- : Yes, because the exhibition featuring the : parure is still ongoing. : The link including the answer to 'Where is : it now' can of course be found in Trond's : blog entry - one would only have to read : it... : : This is certainly an example of jewelry that : can be considered as unwearable today (and : was obviously considered by the Bernadottes : to be unwearable already a century ago), but : still - while wearing the complete parure : might be too cumbersome, one piece at a time : like the necklace only could be pulled off : by someone like Queen Silvia, IMHO. : : --Previous Message-- : : : http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/default.asp : : The malachite parure is on the front page !! : : : --Previous Message-- : It is in the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm : : : : : : : : : : : :
on September 15, 2012, 7:08 am, in reply to "
thanks for this picture.