Re: Queen Alexandra's dagmar cross necklace Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on July 15, 2013, 7:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Alexandra's dagmar cross necklace"
Thanks Laurence. I find your version very acceptable. --Previous Message-- : It has always bothered me the way the necklace : looked when worn by Queen Elizabeth II. The : lower all diamond swags were caught up in : Her Majesty's décolletage. In the : "Queens Diamonds" there is a : wonderful photo of the back of the necklace. : The photo shows very clearly that the : necklace has been turned into a jig-saw : puzzle, every element can be detached. It : also looks as though the diamond and pearl : swags can also be lengthened or shortened : very easily. With this in mind I started : playing around with the necklace. : : Here is the "before" : : : : here is the after : : : : I scanned the original picture from : "The Queens Diamonds" : : Laurence : : --Previous Message-- : : I totally agree with you. : Even Queen Alexandra herself had her gift : altered to be able to remove parts. : So a temporary removal of part seems quite : OK to me, so long as the parts are not : permanently parted and the entire piece can : be put back together : : --Previous Message-- : I have always hated the way the swags look : in : the left hand picture when the pearl drops : are removed and the Dagmar Cross is : detached. I know that Queen Alexandra : bequeathed the piece on the condition that : no changes be made. But for modern use I : feel that the only solution is to : temporarily remove those extraneous diamond : swags if the pearl drops and the Cross are : not going to be worn. Then the piece would : lie smoothly along the collar bones of the : wearer. That might violate the technical : interpretation of Queen Alexandra's bequest, : but not the spirit and render the piece much : more wearable. : : : :
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