Creation: This tiara made in 1810 by Francois Regnault Nitot. In the 1950s, Van Cleef & Arpels removed the emeralds and replaced them with turquoises. The emeralds were set into other pieces of jewellery and sold separately.
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| Empress Marie Louise |
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| Shirley Harmon |
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| Princess Alice |
Materials: 79 emeralds and 1,006 diamonds set in silver and gold, later the emeralds were replaced with 79 Persian turquoises
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| unknown model |
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| Princess Alice |
Provenance:
- Empress Marie Louise of France née Archduchess of Austria; from Emperor Napoleon on the occasion of their 1810 marriage
- Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria-Teschen; inherited from his cousin in 1847
- Archduke Karl Stephan of Austria-Teschen; inherited from his father in 1874
- Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen; inherited from his father in 1933
- Prince Karl Stefan of Altenburg; inherited from his father in 1951
- Van Cleef & Arpels; purchased in 1953 and replaced the emeralds with turquoises
- Marjorie Merriweather Post; bought in 1971
- Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of Natural History; donated by Marjorie Merriweather Post
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| Marjorie Merriweather Post |
Other Wearers:
- Princess Alice Elisabeth of Altenburg
- Shirley Harmon
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Photos: Van Cleef & Arpels/Smithsonian Institution
Oh no! It looks awful without the emeralds!
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ReplyDeleteI must post this or bust... What a horror! Those beautiful emeralds replaced by those AWFUL turquoise stones.
Blasphemy! LOL!