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chinepoudr by patricia m

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Akt, 1920’s

by   Alfred Cheney Johnston

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Greta Garbo by Colleen O'Eris

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Viola Dana in Revelation c.1924 

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BSK Belgrade Hazena women’s team by Dejan Zec

<br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Hazena (or Czech handball) was very popular sport in the 1920's and 1930's.

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Buddy Rogers and Nancy Carroll “12th Street Rag” sheet music 1929

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Louise Brooks

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Vivaudou Mavis

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The Imperial State Crown

Crafted by Garrard & Co. for the coronation of Edward VIII / George VI, but based on the design of the crown originally used for Queen Victoria and using much of the same materials, Britian’s Imperial State Crown is what is usually seen as the quintessential crown of today.  Rightfully so, as the UK is the only European monarchy that still holds a proper coronation.

The band of the crown contains the 317.4 carat Cullianan II in the center front.  An alternating design of emeralds and sapphires are surrounded by small diamonds and continue around the sides.  The 104 carat cabochon Stuart Sapphire rests at center of the back of the band.  The band is finished with a top and bottom row of pearls.

Mounted on the band are four crosses-pattée and four fleurs-de-lis.  On the front cross-pattée is the 170 carat Black Prince’s Ruby, an irregular cabochon spinel with a small piece of cabochon ruby attached near the top to plug a hole.  Elizabeth II likes to believe Henry V wore it at the Battle of Agincourt.  The other three crosses-pattée contain center emeralds, and all four fleurs-de-lis contain center rubies.  Aside from the center stones, the bodies of the crosses-pattée and fleurs-de-lis consist of diamonds.  In between these large emblems, smaller sapphires topped with single diamonds link the emblems with a small row of diamonds.

The arches are made in the design of diamond-encrusted oak leaves with pearl acorns at the sides.  Officially, the crown has two arches, but since Elizabeth II had the arches lowered to make it easier to wear and more feminine, it might mistakenly appear to have four half-arches.

The monde (or globe) is diamond encrusted and topped with a cross-pattée, of course diamond encrusted, and centered with the rose-cut St. Edward’s Sapphire, likely the oldest jewel in the crown.  Beneath the monde, there are four dangling pearls that are said to have belonged to Elizabeth I.

The diamonds are all set in silver, and the colored stones in yellow gold.

The crown is finished by a purple velvet cap and ermine band.

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Abel photo of Maria Chourinoff on the June 1925 cover of Paris Plaisirs

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Princess Karam of Kapurthala by Cecil Beaton, 1935

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The American Magazine v119 n01 [1935-01] cover by Siren in the Night

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Afternoon Dress

Paul Poiret

1927

The MET

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1922 March 11 - Cover - Collier’s - The Girl in Red . art by C. D. Williams by carlylehold

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Camilla Horn

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1921 New York