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March 27, 2014

Queen Marie Amelie of France's Sapphire Tiara

Queen Marie Amelie of France Sapphire Tiara
Creation: The tiara could be broken up into different sections but Queen Marie Amelie had several of the sections removed from the tiara to create earrings and brooches for her Sapphire, Pearl, & Diamond Parure.

Materials: diamonds and Ceylon sapphires set in gold
Queen Marie Amelie of France Sapphire Tiara Princess Marie Isabelle of Orleans
Princess Marie Isabelle
Queen Marie Amelie of France Sapphire Tiara Princess Isabelle Countess of Paris
Countess of Paris
Provenance:
  1. Queen Hortense of Holland; possibly inherited from her mother, Empress Josephine of France
  2. Queen Marie Amelie of France; bought by her husband, King Louis Philippe I of France, from Queen Hortense in 1821
  3. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Countess of Paris; from her grandmother on the occasion of her 1856 marriage to Count Philippe of Paris
  4. Prince Philippe of Orléans, Duke of Orléans; inherited from his mother in 1919
  5. Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Guise; inherited from his cousin and brother-in-law in 1926
  6. Prince Henri, Count of Paris; inherited from his father in 1940
  7. Musée du Louvre; bought in 1985
Queen Marie Amelie of France Sapphire Tiara Princess Isabelle Duchess of Guise
Duchess of Guise
Queen Marie Amelie of France Sapphire Tiara Princess Isabelle Countess of Paris
Countess of Paris
Other Wearers:
Queen Marie Amelie of France Sapphire Tiara Ines de La Fressange
Ines de La Fressange

Questions:
  • When was this tiara created?
  • Which jeweller created this tiara?
  • Did this tiara originally belong to Empress Josephine?

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