Bury 1997 and Menkes 1985 (edited) Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on November 6, 2015, 12:38 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Alexandra's 2 Cartier colliers resille"
Reference: Bury 1997 About Queen Alexandra "It was entirely consistent with the Queen's independent attitude that she should also patronise Lalique and then resort to another Parisian jeweller, Pierre Cartier, in 1904 to make her a diamond résille (literally, hairnet) dog-collar front with a fall in the Louis Seize manner. Set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies broken out of an Indian necklace, it cost the Queen 6,600 francs. The shimmering effect of this constellation of stones perched on knife-edge settings is admirably caught in François Flameng's portrait." Bury's sources are Nadelhoffer and Menkes.Edit: as I read Menkes the following is from a Cartier ledger of 1904.
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