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    Re: Plenty Luxembourg tiaras on display Archived Message

    Posted by maria olivia on June 27, 2015, 4:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Plenty Luxembourg tiaras on display"

    Great picture !;
    To me Princess Claire stole the show : small tiara huge necklace and earings which does not belong to the Grand Ducal jewels.
    Very happy to see the floral brooch for Hed Grand Duchess Stephanie.

    --Previous Message--
    : I agree with Bryce that the simple design of
    : Hereditary Grand-Duchess Stéphanie reminds
    : of the fluid style of the dresses of the
    : 1920s/1930s. All Grand-Ducal ladies were
    : quite elegant, but Stéphanie was, in my
    : opinion, the most elegant of them.
    :
    : She is also wearing on her sash one of the
    : large (and beautiful) rose brooches of the
    : Grand-Ducal Collection. This is the first
    : time she is wearing one of these brooches,
    : isn't it?
    :
    :
    : © Photo 2015 Cour grand-ducale / Christian
    : Aschman / tous droits réservés
    :
    : Agnes, every new tiara would be welcome, of
    : course!
    : But the Grand-Ducal collection is actually
    : not quite short on tiaras: besides the 5
    : tiaras worn on the pictures above, there are
    : still at least 9 other tiaras available: the
    : big Nassau diamond tiara, the vine-grape
    : diamond tiara, the small diamond floral
    : tiara, Grand-Duchess Charlotte's Chaumet Art
    : Déco tiara with a large central cabochon
    : emerald, Grand-Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte's
    : peacock emerald tiara/necklace, the
    : aquamarine tiara/bracelet, the small
    : turquoise tiara, the Chaumet pearl and
    : diamond treillice tiara, and the small
    : diamond tiara with butterfly-motifs worn
    : last year for the first (and only) time by
    : Grand-Duchess Stéphanie at the National
    : Day's reception at the Grand-Ducal Palace.
    : Plus possibly two other tiaras whose current
    : whereabouts are unknown: Grand-Duchess
    : Joséphine-Charlotte's Congo diamond
    : bandeau/necklace and the mysterious emerald
    : tiara worn by Grand Duchess
    : Joséphine-Charlotte at Queen Margrethe II
    : and Prince Henrik of Denmark's wedding in
    : 1967.
    :
    : I think the Grand-Ducal collection is
    : shorter on necklaces. The necklaces worn by
    : Grand-Duchess Maria-Teresa or her
    : daughters-in-law/daughter are often quite
    : small and do not fit properly, IMHO, with
    : the size and style of the larger and
    : classical tiaras. Several of the necklaces
    : are even not real necklaces, but bracelets
    : mounted as necklaces. New necklaces would be
    : needed to complement properly the
    : Grand-Ducal tiaras.
    :
    : PS: this is an off-jewel-topic remark, but I
    : had not realized that Princess Claire was so
    : tall!
    :
    :
    :


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