Re: Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria's parure Archived Message
Posted by Cristina  on August 21, 2016, 3:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria's parure"
The Windsor Cartier necklace was exactly the piece I was thinking when reading on the amethyst and turquoise combination.
I must admit that when I saw pictures of it I always thought it was not my favourite piece of jewelry. It looked very heavy looking.
However, some years ago I had the chance to see it live (along with several other Cartier pieces) and I have to say that is simply magnificent, absolutely breathtaking. Indeed it would need a woman with a strong caracter to wear it. I can only imagine the Duchess of Windsor walking into a glittering room wearing this necklace, that would have been a sight.
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: Amethysts and turquoises are quite a rare
: combination, and a modern one (i.e. mostly
: from not earlier as the mid-20th century).
: The colours of these stones are in sharp
: contrast, and therefore can be considered as
: clashing colours. Besides, amethysts are
: translucid stones, whereas turquoises are
: opaque stones, which makes the match between
: these stones quite audacious.
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: Among royal jewels, the only amethyst and
: turquoise jewel I can remember of is the
: Duchess of Windsor's Cartier necklace,
: acquired by the Duke of Windsor in 1947:
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: The sketch of the necklace by Cartier:
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: The Duchess of Windsor wearing the necklace
: at a reception in Paris in 1953:
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: At another reception in Palm Beach, in 1957:
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: There was a matching bracelet, also made by
: Cartier, but purchased by the Duke of
: Windsor only in 1954. It is worn by the
: Duchess on the picture immediately above. It
: has been bought back by Cartier.
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: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/jewellery/cartier-tradition-to-sell-the-duchess-of-windsors-bracelet/
: " The bold colour scheme [of the
: bracelet] was nothing new for the Duchess –
: she already had a décolletage-spanning bib
: necklace in the same stones created as a
: special order for her by the maison in 1947,
: awash with the violet and sky-blue stones in
: twisted gold and interspersed with diamonds.
: The Duke had commissioned the piece,
: supplying his own diamonds and amethysts,
: but was thankfully convinced by the
: formidable Jeanne Toussaint that the
: necklace would benefit from the addition of
: dozens of turquoise cabochons. The purchase
: of the bracelet just a week before Christmas
: in 1954 must have seemed a trifle by
: comparison. "
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: Regarding Queen Ioanna/Giovanna of Bulgaria,
: I am sceptical about her necklace containing
: turquoises. It looks like amethysts and
: pearls for me. But if someone could provide
: a coloured picture, I would be gladly
: corrected!
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