Re: Nancy (Anastasia, widow of Wm B. Leeds and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece) Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on December 16, 2012, 10:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Nancy (Anastasia, widow of Wm B. Leeds and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece)"
Also.... Some bits from Cartier by Hans Nadelhoffer. "The dispersal of what had perhaps been the largest private jewel collection before the First World War - that of Grand Duchess Vladimir - took place in the early 1920s." "From her son Boris, Louis [Cartier] acquired the 107-carat emerald and the magnificent emerald necklace of nineteenth-century Russian work." The book goes on to describe emerald pices made by Cartier - 1. an emerald necklace made, and remade, by Cartier for Eva Stotesbury and a matching tiara, 2. "a giant emerald parure" for Mrs Leeds "by combining an epaulette with a necklace". [There is probably a Laszlo portrait of her with it.] --Previous Message-- : : I can offer this one. : : Princess Anastasia of Greece. : Tiara made by Cartier in 1913 when she was : Mrs Leeds. : Munn says "The pear-shaped diamonds in : this magnificent jewel weighed 70:16 carats : and the pendant pearls 221 grams." : : : : :
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- Nancy (Anastasia, widow of Wm B. Leeds and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece) - Dawn December 16, 2012, 9:02 pm
- Re: Nancy (Anastasia, widow of Wm B. Leeds and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece) - Nellie December 16, 2012, 10:51 pm
- Re: Nancy (Anastasia, widow of Wm B. Leeds and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece) - Nellie December 16, 2012, 10:56 pm
- Re: Nancy (Anastasia, widow of Wm B. Leeds and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece) - RealGabo December 17, 2012, 1:04 am
- Re: Nancy (Anastasia, widow of Wm B. Leeds and wife of Prince Christopher of Greece) - Alejandro E. December 18, 2012, 12:13 am
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