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Helena De Chair tiara Posted by Dave on February 26, 2023, 10:58 am In the below link at (02:07 minutes) into the the video there is a still of the wedding picture of Helena De Chair and her husband Jacob Rees-Mogg. Helena seems to be wearing a substantial tiara. Is this a Wentworth-Fitzwilliam peice or is a from the Jacob Rees-Mogg family as his family are also wealthy? Regards, Dave.

Re: Helena De Chair tiara Posted by mauriz on February 26, 2023, 8:15 pm, in reply to "Helena De Chair tiara" It’s a Fitzwilliam heirloom, a rather unfortunate composition that would look better as a simple floral bandeau without the poorly balanced superstructure of brooch and earrings. Sotheby’s described it as follows for their jubilee exhibition in 2022: “In naturalist taste, designed as a long spray of flowers, leaves and buds forming a half circle, the front surmounted by crossed leafy stems centred and flanked by flowers, detachable to be used as earrings and a brooch, set throughout with cushion-, pear-shaped and circular-cut diamonds, with a back chain for converting the tiara as a necklace, inner length approximately 322mm, length of back chain approximately 212mm.”

Re: Helena De Chair tiara Posted by Dave on February 27, 2023, 2:10 am, in reply to "Re: Helena De Chair tiara" Thanks Mauriz, I was of the feeling that they were no more Wentworth-Fitzwilliam's about but on doing a little research I found out about the wife of Jacob Rees-Mogg. One wonders if they might be able to bring back that enormous Wentworth-Fitzwilliam house back into family hands? Regards, Dave. Previous Message It’s a Fitzwilliam heirloom, a rather unfortunate composition that would look better as a simple floral bandeau without the poorly balanced superstructure of brooch and earrings. Sotheby’s described it as follows for their jubilee exhibition in 2022: “In naturalist taste, designed as a long spray of flowers, leaves and buds forming a half circle, the front surmounted by crossed leafy stems centred and flanked by flowers, detachable to be used as earrings and a brooch, set throughout with cushion-, pear-shaped and circular-cut diamonds, with a back chain for converting the tiara as a necklace, inner length approximately 322mm, length of back chain approximately 212mm.”

Re: Helena De Chair tiara Posted by 992234177 on February 27, 2023, 3:08 am, in reply to "Re: Helena De Chair tiara" Lady Juliet owns the estate at Wentworth Woodhouse but she sold the house several years ago. It has a very interesting YouTube channel about its restoration. The other estate Milton in Cambridgeshire is owned by the naylor-Leyland family who are always in the society magazines. It is said that lady Juliet had a spectacular collection of art, including several amazing and rarely seen Van Dykes.

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