Re: Princess Augusta malachite parure Archived Message
Posted by JohnPete  on September 15, 2012, 9:23 am, in reply to "Re: Princess Augusta malachite parure"
I believe it was on this very board, some years ago, that I read the market was flooded was Empire style gold parures such as this. I've seen many examples of complete sets in their original cases, most always rendered in semi precious stones.
One such example is displayed in my local museum here in New York- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is amethyst, the gold being in a frightful tarnished condition at the joints.
I can believe that these parures aren't terribly in demand, I rarely see royal or noble ladies in gala dress wearing gold...with the exception of Norway's modern 'Star Trek' set.
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: Its beautiful Lorenzo thanks for this
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: 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
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: 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
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: 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.
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: In his entry, Trond also makes interesting
: connections to the Rosenborg lava parure and
: to a similar malachite parure which belonged
: to Empress Joséphine.
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: 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
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: Beautiful parure...metal work is very
: similar in style to cameo tiara frame...
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: 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...
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: 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.
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: http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/default.asp
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: The malachite parure is on the front page !!
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: It is in the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm
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