Re: Braganza Jewels - Queen D.Amelia Diamond Choker/Tiara Archived Message
Posted by mauriz on February 20, 2014, 3:22 am, in reply to "Braganza Jewels - Queen D.Amelia Diamond Choker/Tiara"
Thank you for yet another Braganza treat! The choker is very impressive, and with the diamonds set onto knife edged bars it reminds me more of the Dutch diamond fishnet necklace than of the Luxembourg choker with its delicate wreaths and laurel leaves. The combination with the wedding earrings is just perfect. However, the combination of the choker worn as a tiara with the circle necklace, the long elaborate pendant earrings and the pearl and diamond brooch doesn't work at all in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, it's certainly an impressive array of diamonds, but the styles of the pieces just don't match and distract from each other and the long earrings particularly spoil the fabulous circle necklace. --Previous Message-- : In 1900 appeared in Queen D.Amelia collection : a collier de chien set in diamonds forming : lozenges. If we look carefully we can see : that the center diamonds are of a : considerable size. This piece of jewellery : was probably ordered by Queen D.Amelia to : Leitão & Irmão, the portuguese crown : jewelers. However the story of its origin is : uncertain. It was usual at the time the : jewelers to order jewels from other jeweler : houses and then put in them their own marks. : Analyzing the collier style some people : believe that even though it was probably : bought the Portuguese Crown Jewelers, it may : be in fact a Cartier or even Boucheron : piece. : HM used this jewel a lot, always as a choker : and may times combined with several : rivières, pearl necklaces and sapphires. : : : : : : When Queen D.Amélia died in 1951 this was : one of the jewels that was left to her : Godson, the present Duke of Braganza. : Similarly to other jewels (D.Luis Diadem for : example) it was not used by the Duchess : D.Maria Francisca (as far as I know). : : The present Duchess, D.Isabel, however, : started to wear this magnificent piece of : jewellery as a choker. : : : : But the imagination of D.Isabel led her to : innovate by adding a base in order to the : choker to be used as a tiara. In my opinion : this innovation was a very successful one. : : : : : So, even though it was originally designed : to be used only as a choker nowadays it is : also used as a tiara, hence the name I chose : for the piece: Queen D.Amelia Diamond : Choker/Tiara. : : : :
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