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Detail of a Russian brooch Posted by kat max on May 27, 2019, 9:35 pm I was browsing around on the bibliotheque nationale de france (BNF) the other day and stumbled across a good copy of this photo of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, née Princess Anastasia of Montenegro ("Stana") - For the first time I was able to get a look at the massive brooch she is wearing and I thought people here might enjoy having a gawk at it too. The BNF continues to put interesting things online. They have one of the most useful free online library databases if you can work your way through the French (google is a help here) and they let you download images and take shots of documents.

Re: Detail of a Russian brooch Posted by Isabelle D on May 28, 2019, 1:09 am, in reply to "Detail of a Russian brooch" Incredible! How much would such a stomacher weigh? Previous Message I was browsing around on the bibliotheque nationale de france (BNF) the other day and stumbled across a good copy of this photo of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, née Princess Anastasia of Montenegro ("Stana") - For the first time I was able to get a look at the massive brooch she is wearing and I thought people here might enjoy having a gawk at it too. The BNF continues to put interesting things online. They have one of the most useful free online library databases if you can work your way through the French (google is a help here) and they let you download images and take shots of documents.

Re: Detail of a Russian brooch Posted by Beth on May 28, 2019, 7:01 am, in reply to "Re: Detail of a Russian brooch" Absolutely stunning! I agree with Isabelle D - incredible! While the stomacher screams out for attention, my eye also fell on the fringe necklace. I think it is possibly the largest fringe I have seen. And I suspect that the Grand Duchess Vladimir would have envied the earrings! Wouldn't all these jewels glitter if there had been modern digital photography? I agree that the BnF is an amazing resource Kat Max. I have found some superb photos in it. Thank you so much Kat Max! I wonder what happened to these jewels?

Re: Detail of a Russian brooch Posted by Dave on May 28, 2019, 7:08 am, in reply to "Detail of a Russian brooch" Fabulous devant de corsage. It looks like something a QM or QA would dawn. What thoughts of the tiara if any? Regards, Dave. Previous Message I was browsing around on the bibliotheque nationale de france (BNF) the other day and stumbled across a good copy of this photo of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, née Princess Anastasia of Montenegro ("Stana") - For the first time I was able to get a look at the massive brooch she is wearing and I thought people here might enjoy having a gawk at it too. The BNF continues to put interesting things online. They have one of the most useful free online library databases if you can work your way through the French (google is a help here) and they let you download images and take shots of documents.

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