Re: Sapphire pendant earrings - Orleans Archived Message
Posted by maria Olivia on June 12, 2015, 4:12 am, in reply to "Re: Sapphire pendant earrings - Orleans"
I am not sure Ms Stoffel wears the original earrings .Thanks to King Simeon of Bulgaria, the sapphires are back to the Orléans. What a great devant de corsage ! If Vincent could help us !! --Previous Message-- : Unfortunately, I have no precise information : about the whereabouts of this beautiful : parure, which was sold at auction in the : late 1990s. : : I think I had read once that the tiara was : in a Middle-Eastern collection, but I do not : find again the reference. : : I once spotted in Point de vue (Nr. 2957, : 23-29 March, 2005) a picture of a lady : called Loulou Stoffel (I admit I do not know : who she is...) at a party in honour of the : American stylist Zac Posen wearing a pair of : earrings, whick strikingly looks like the : earrings of Queen Marie-Amélie's sapphire : and pearl parure: : : : : While googling Loulou Stoffel, I found these : two pictures, on which she wears the same : earrings (aparently, the pictures were taken : one year earlier than the picture above): : : : : Margo Stilley and LouLou Stoffel. Zac Posen : Spring/ Summer collection launch party. The : Blue Bar, Berkeley Hotel. London. 7 March : 2004. Credit: Dafydd Jones : : I do not know, though, if the earrings worn : by Ms Stoffel are from the original parure, : or are a mere copy. : : The original earrings: : : : : : :
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