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    Re: Devonshire Intaglio parure Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on July 18, 2014, 5:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Devonshire Intaglio parure"


    Thank you for those pics. Stunning. It will take some time to absorb it all.

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    : Deborah Cavendish born Freeman-Mitford Duchess
    : of Devonshire
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    : DEVONSHIRE PARURE 
C.F. Hancock (d.
    : 1891)
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Gold; enamel; diamonds; cornelian;
    : onyx; garnet; jacinths; lapis lazuli;
    : plasma, and sardonyx
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    : The Devonshire Parure was commissioned by
    : the 6th Duke of Devonshire for Countess
    : Granville, the wife of his nephew, to wear
    : in Moscow at the coronation of Tsar
    : Alexander II in 1856.
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    : It consists of seven pieces of jewellery
    : (including a bracelet, bandeau, comb,
    : coronet, stomacher, necklace and diadem),
    : all of which are set with a major part of
    : the 2nd Duke of Devonshire's collection of
    : eighty-eight cameos and intaglios .
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    : The parure is believed to be the first piece
    : made in the Holbeinesque style. After
    : accomplishing its primary purpose, the
    : parure was exhibited throughout England,
    : ending up at the International Exhibition of
    : 1872.
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    : It is still extant, in its entirety, to this
    : day and is on display at the recently
    : refurbished Chatsworth House, home of the
    : Duke and Duchess of Devonshire (2010).
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    : pics from exhibition DEVONSHIRE PARURE -
    : CHATSWORTH HOUSE - 2010
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