Re: Queen Marie Amelie and the French Crown Jewels Archived Message
Posted by Andrew on January 18, 2017, 11:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Marie Amelie and the French Crown Jewels"
I sort of don't understand what the new owners did with the sapphire parure. The necklace make some sense in its new form but the tiara looks odd and misshapen. Did the smaller sapphires from the necklace become the central sunburst element in the tiara. Did the rest of the elements just sort of "cave in" towards the center? --Previous Message-- : See my pages for the french crown jewels : : : http://diamantsdelacouronne.free.fr/Diamants%20de%20la%20Couronne/index.html : : Empress Eugenie kept most of the jewels made : for the duchess of Angouleme such as the : emerald tiara,the turquoise parure, the : sapphire parure and the ruby one. The pearl : and diamond parure was created by jeweller : Lemmonier in 1853 from jewels created for : the duchess of Angouleme around 1820. The : famous currant diamond leaves parure, the : big diamonds belt and the big diamond bow : brooch were made at the same time for : Empress Eugenie with crown diamonds along : with the russian fringe tiara and the greek : key tiara. :
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