Re: Tsarina Alexandra 's lapis luzuli necklace Archived Message
Posted by Kat Max  on December 30, 2015, 9:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Tsarina Alexandra 's lapis luzuli necklace"
: Thank you Kat Max for sharing these photos.
: The actual size of Alexandras' Emerald
: intrigues me, particularly when you compare
: it to her neckline , it must be a stunner to
: view. Is it still on display at The
: Hermitage ?
: My "Jewels of the Romanovs" by
: Stephan Papi 2010 does not give it a
: mention at all.
I had a look in my copy of 'jewels of the romanovs' by Pappi and this emerald is discussed but no separate image of it is shown. However, the colour photo you see of the jewel is shown in 'costume ball in the winter palace 1903'. This stone is still in the Diamond Fund of Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow.
Empress Alexandra's dress for the ball. According to my book on the ball the jewels on this dress were glass and not the real thing. The overall costume was a mixture of real and fake like many a costume ball dress in the 19th century.
Headdress for the ball
These images might give you a better idea of how the jewels contrasted against the dress.
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