Re: The Earrings Of Marie Antoinette -pics Archived Message
Posted by Barbara D. on August 10, 2013, 4:42 am, in reply to "Re: The Earrings Of Marie Antoinette -pics"
--Previous Message-- : : Amazing! : : Three questions: : : - is that a hole, in each of the large : diamond pendants? I guess, you mean the part in the middle of the pendants... No, this is the top-facette of the pendant, but with these different backgrounds (I guess photoshopped ones) it looks like holes indeed. : : - did Queen Marie-Antoinette wear it without : hooks to distribute the weight on her : earlobes? : Most likely we will never know how the late French queen wore them... But maybe the hooks were removed when the earrings were reset in platinum by Harry Winston in 1959? : - what kind of cut are the pendants? These : seem not set in a silver or foil holder, are : these brilliant cut? Already in the 18th : century? : : : --Previous Message-- : Differents pictures : : : : : : : http://geogallery.si.edu/index.php/en/1002082/marie-antoinette-diamond-earrings : : :
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