Re: The story about the tiara kept during 50 years Archived Message
Posted by Franck on February 3, 2016, 3:35 am, in reply to "Re: The story about the tiara kept during 50 years"
Très cher Vincent, Un immense merci pour cette incroyable histoire ! Quelle joie de pouvoir "avoir entre les mains" ces différents diadèmes de la famille royale d’Angleterre ! Au plaisir de lire d'autres anecdotes ! Franck --Previous Message-- : Many thanks for that wonderful story, Vincent! : A bientôt j'espère. : : --Previous Message-- : Here is the story of that anecdote about a : tiara being kept in a drawer during 50 : years. : : it was quite a long time ago, maybe 15 : years. I can remember that the queen mother : was still alive. There was an exhibition of : tiaras at Wartsky, in aid of the samaritans, : if I remember correctly. It was a rather : small exhibition, before jeffrey Munn's : wrote his wonderful book. The queen mother : had loaned a tiara and earl Spencer had lent : princess Diana's wedding tiara. : : I was writing an article for my magazine, : Point de Vue, and the people at Wartski had : been very helpful allowing a photographer : and myself to come over and photograph some : of the tiaras. : : While examining the tiara lent by the queen : mother (Strathmore daisy tiara) which had : not been seen for a long time, I said : something like : " how amazing the : queen mother's collection must be". And : the person who had been at Clarence house, : to collect the tiara just answered : : "You have no idea. Some jewels have : been kept there for 50 years. You don't even : know they still exist and then you open a : drawer and you find something which has long : been forgotten." : : Then I asked if he was referring to the : Delhi durbar tiara which had not been seen : for 45 or 50 years at the time. And the : person, answered : "Yes, but there are : others". : : I did not used that quote at the time, : because the queen mother was alive. Then a : few years after she passed away, we suddenly : saw that tiara again in the hair of the : duchess of Cornwall. And I must have told or : written that story then. But the fact remain : that what the gentleman had said was true. : : Another thing I do remember about that day, : is that I had princess Diana's wedding tiara : in my hand during at least half an hour. And : I had a lot of fun dismantling it entirely : and then putting all the elements back on : the frame. : : Those moments happen. And sometimes you do : get informations. Frankly I would not have : last a very long time in that business if I : had started inventing these kind of stories. : : Going back to Leslie Fields or Suzy Menkes, : I think we owe them a lot. They were the : first to write about english royal jewels : and most of their informations, not to : mention their photographs, we use a lot, on : this board and other places. So, I guess : some of their informations were not simple : guess, but real informations provided by : people who know. : : In my experience, the best way to get : informations about any jewels, is the : jewelers. They are the only one who have : been keeping archives. And sometimes they : still work on pieces which they have made a : very long time ago. : : Vincent : : : : :
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