Dave.
I have no idea how innovative these tiaras by Chaumet are considered.
Has any one ever seen any photos of these being worn? Or know for whom they were created?
I haven't found anything about the first, but the second tiara above apparently features prominently in a rather luxurous book "The Impossible Collection of Jewelry" by Vivienne Becker (Assouline, 2013). Its release was covered by several editions of Vogue. The jewellery editors of Vogue chose the photo of the tiara among other photos to advertise the book. I think we can trust that the information supplied with the photos also originates from the book.
The caption reads: Chaumet stalactite diadem in gold, platinum and diamonds, created in 1904 for the Marquis of Lubersac.
The marquis in question was Louis César Guy de Lubersac (1849-1919) who had three sons, of which the eldest and the youngest married in 1904. He apparently bought the tiara as a wedding present for one of his daughters-in-law.
Guy Louis Marie Jean Thérèse de Lubersac's (1878-1932) wedding to Marguerite de Broglie on 20 Dec 1904 was covered by the press:
One can assume that Odon de Lubersac's (1881-1928) wedding to Constance Livermore-Seillière on 26 Jan 1904 was a similar affair.
Constance was the daughter of Charles F. Livermore, a prominent banker (Livermore, Clews and Company, est. 1859) and Marie-Emma Riley who after the death of Constance's father married Baron de Seillière.
There's an interesting bit of text about the baroness in an article by Walter Germain Robinson: The American Colony in Paris (Cosmopolitan 29, Oct 1900), pp. 575-84:
"Connected by marriage with this wealthy family of Talleyrand-Périgord – whose fortunes are in truffles – is the Baronesse de Seillière, who was the stepdaughter of the New York banker John O’Brien. The Baronesse married Mr. Livermore, who died some ten years ago, leaving her a widow with two children. She then married the Baron de Seillière, who had been in much trouble with his family. He was the son of a Frenchman who had been ennobled by Napoléon III, and his sister, one of the greatest beauties of the Court of the Empress Eugénie, is the Princesse de Sagan. Between her and her brother there for a time existed a bitter warfare, and the family feud was a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic. The Baron’s marriage with Mrs. Livermore has been most happy. She is a tall distinguished looking woman with snow white hair. She has a handsome Hôtel in Paris, and this summer she has entertained the fashionable world of Paris and America combined, her guests being not only Duchesses and Princesses, but such well-known women as Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs. Astor."
The upcoming wedding of Constance Livermore and Odon de Lubersac was of course also mentioned in American newspapers:
Bisbee Daily Review, 28 Nov 1903, p. 1
Some sources claim it was Constance for whom the marquis de Lubersac acquired the tiara, which, going by the pictures of the two brides, seems plausible. In that case the tiara must have been created in 1903 rather than in 1904, since the wedding took place in January 1904.
Constance and Odon de Lubersac had three children and all three of them had descendants:
Raoul de Lubersac (1905-1965)
Francois de Lubersac (1908-1981)
Jacqueline de Lubersac (1913-1988)
"Artemisia's Royal Jewels" claims Constance gave the tiara to Jeanne Marie Le Gras du Luart upon her wedding to Raoul de Lubersac in 1927, but the blogpost about the tiara starts with mixing up father Louis César and eldest son Guy de Lubersac who indeed was senator of the third republic, so I've my doubts about the blog's reliability when it comes to historical facts.
In any case I'm surprised that the author at Artemisia's fears the tiara was long dismantled. The photo, watermarked ARJ in the blogpost but clearly originating from Vogue and its article about the book mentioned above (anyone falsely claiming ownership of a photo has lost all credibility in my eyes! Absolutely annoying behaviour!), is obviously a professional shot. Since it can't stem from Chaumet pre 1904 one can assume that the tiara left the Lubersac family at one point and was captured for either a catalogue, a book - or even the book in question.
I haven't found a photo of Constance de Lubersac or her daughter or one of her daughters-in-law wearing the tiara, but there's a picture of a (rather badly done) replica worn by a model, and since we don't have at the moment any other evidence how the tiara might have looked being worn it's maybe better than nothing:
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