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    Re: Picture Archived Message

    Posted by John R on March 4, 2014, 1:01 am, in reply to "Re: Picture"

    Your suggestion would create something quite big I think and what we see here does not come across as a very grand piece. The Sunbursts and Pear Pearl ornaments were not small and put together on a wire frame already quite substantial. I think we will never know what she was wearing that day unless the Royal Archives has a record on it.


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