thanks to you all ! Archived Message
Posted by maria olivia on July 12, 2016, 6:32 am, in reply to "Re: Just visited the Green Vaults jewels in Dresde"
--Previous Message-- : To Juscha, : i visited the Historische Grünes Gewölbe. I : booked my ticket through Internet (14 : euros!) : I entered immediately the 9 rooms without my : handbag, only my ticket, a pencil and a : sheet of paper for my notes. : I went into a door, who closed and waited : the opening of the second door. : : 1-4rooms, Amber , Ivory, Silver, Vermeil . : But : Room 5, the jewels I was like you in : heaven. : : From the top of his head (aigrettes to his : Shoes square attachment,The King of Saxe : wore diamonds. I saw his buttons, his : diamond decorations (ea the Order of the : Golden Fleece) his sword all diamonds , : emeralds ,etc... : I will never forget. : I did an Elbe Cruise and had no time to : visit the other Rooms on the first floor. : : : --Previous Message-- : Very interesting topic! : The first time I had been in Dresden in the : 90s we visited the Green Vault in the : Albertinum. It was the first real royal : "Schatzkammer" I saw and it was : sensational. My companions, all men, my : friend with them, were not at all interested : in jewellery, and so I had to be very brave : and had to concentrate at all the other : masterpieces as the Royal Household of Dehli : or carved cherry stone. Which were fabulous, : indeed. And than, finally, the jewels. The : guys were bored. I was in heaven. : Since than I´ve seen it once again but not : yet the reconstructed green vault. : : I don´t know the current exhibition. Then : the "Garnituren", the : "sets" of brilliants, rubies, : emeralds and amber were shown. Which are for : the outfit of the king as Buttons, rapiers, : aigrettes, buckles and so on. A topic we do : not often discuss, maybe cause piece like : this are not worn today. That´s a pity for : jewellery worn by the sovereign were at : least as important for the representation as : the pieces worn by queens or princesses. For : example I often found metioned the jewels : worn by Louis XIV., nothing of the jewellery : of his queen Marie Therese. : : Parts of the sapphire-set: : : : http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/en/contents/searchList?page=1&filter[textSearch : ]=Saphirgarnitur&sort=fav : : rapiers of several sets: : : : http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/de/contents/artexplorer?filter[OBJEKTART : ]=Degen : : Hat-aigrettes: : : : http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/en/contents/artexplorer?filter[OBJEKTART : ]=Hutagraffe : : the queen´s bow-brooch, weight 556g (!) : : : http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/de/contents/showSearch?id=117439 : : For not german speaking members: : for searching at the online collection of : SKD give in : "diamantrosengarnitur", : "rubingarnitur" and so on. : : --Previous Message-- : I really never saw this ! : : I was already so impressed at Rosenborg : Castle but King Auguste Le Fort of Saxe's : diamonds , emeralds etc..are the biggest : jewels collection of the world : Alas no autorisation for pictures and at the : Museum Shop no postcarde of the jewels. : Could someone share my impression and post : pictures? thanks MO : : : : :
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