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Shannon McInulty on Instagram: "Queen Victoria’s fringe brooch  In October 1856, Queen Victoria commissioned the royal jeweller, Garrard, to remodel an existing diamond ornament as a new and elaborate fringe-pattern chaîne de corsage, which was to be worn along the top of the fashionably low-cut bodices that Queen Victoria favoured until her widowhood. The Queen had been presented the “2 very large diamond ornaments” six months earlier by the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Mejíd I as a show of gratitude for Britain’s support during the Crimean War. She described them as “very magnificent”, noting that she could wear one “as a very large brooch, & the other will have to be reset”. In 1859, Victoria wore the incredible piece for her official portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.   After the death o British Royal Jewellery, Queen Elizabeth Jewellery, Queen Elizabeth Brooches, Queen Elizabeth Jewels, Queen Elizabeth Ii Crown, Diamond Ornaments, Queen Elizabeth Photos, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, British Crown Jewels

Shannon McInulty on Instagram: "Queen Victoria’s fringe brooch In October 1856, Queen Victoria commissioned the royal jeweller, Garrard, to remodel an existing diamond ornament as a new and elaborate fringe-pattern chaîne de corsage, which was to be worn along the top of the fashionably low-cut bodices that Queen Victoria favoured until her widowhood. The Queen had been presented the “2 very large diamond ornaments” six months earlier by the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Mejíd I as a show of…

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