[wzslider] Pictures of the autumn-winter 2014-15, retro style, signed United Colors of Benetton. Are ijoux very affordable (the bracelets costs under 10 euro). Brooches, earrings, necklaces, bands and buckles decorated with crystals and jet glass that seem to come out from a box vintage, which will appeal to a sophisticated woman. Bijoux vintage worn on the lapels of coats to give a touch of color on clothing to transform a neckline, the shoes to change your look with just one piece.
The name is one of those known around the globe: Niarchos. It is that of a great dynasty (very wealthy) Greek shipowners. But not only. It is now also popular in jewelery design. Theiya, the second collection of Eugenie Niarchos, leaves Earth and the animal world and points to the celestial constellation. Where shines the Greek goddess of sight, light and sparkling things that is referenced by the designer, who continues to be inspired by the natural phenomena but this time she creates lightweight and thin accessories. There’s the Venix Star ring with his tail made of diamonds, fancy sapphires and tasvoriti, the stars that studded the Lady Australis ear cuff, and the dusk and the dawn of Theiya Lumia pendant in white or yellow gold, moonstone , labradorite and small fragments of Gibeon meteorite, fell in Namibia. And yet, earrings Electra handled by the arrows of lightning in diamonds or multi stones. They are all made in Italy, but with a look that is out of the world.
The next auction at Christie’s is what it should have contained the jewelry of a chic woman, in the aristocratic Paris during Belle Èpoque: at least two pearl necklaces, two rings with diamonds, rubies and sapphires, a sutoir of small diamonds set in platinum, pearl and diamond earrings, three pins and a bracelet of diamonds and colored gemstones. All, of course, signed by the greatest jewelers of the capital, as Boivin, Cartier and Chaumet. That had very special guests: the provenance of certain lots, old pieces but still really modern, is princelP. For example, the clasp of a necklace of pearls is a gift from the last sovereign of France, Empress Eugenie, the soutoir belonged to Her Royal Highness, Princess Cécile Murat. While the ring by Chaumet, with a rare sapphire of Kashmir, was a property of the Duchess of Luynes, a family mentioned in history books, and even in the novels of Alexandre Dumas. In addition to this collection, many other signature such as Boucheron, Bulgari, Buccellati, Graff, Mauboussin, Tiffany and Van Cleef & Arpels. Of course, more recent, but no less elegant: they represent the taste and personality of women who have chosen them.
[wzslider]The lost photographs of four Russian crown jewels of the Romanovs, dating from before the Bolshevik Revolution, were discovered in a library in the United States, the U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia. The librarians discovered the four photographs in an old album 90 years ago, without a label.
The researchers described the discovery as a unique event, noting that the photographs were not included in the ” Treasure of diamonds and precious stones of Russia”, a book regarded as the most comprehensive inventory of the crown jewels of Russia. The four-piece recently discovered are on a sapphire tiara of diamonds, a sapphire bracelet, a necklace of emeralds and sapphires, and a brooch with curved shape.
The book had been filed under the category ” minerals and precious stones.” The librarians have encountered in photographs during a process of digitization of books. The date that appears on the volume indicates 1922. The photographs originally belonged to the personal collection of George F. Kunz, a mineralogist and gemologist.
