Wedding Gift from the Countess of Paris to her daughter-in-law, the famous parure of Sapphire from the House of Orleans. Sapphire Diamond Stomacher, Sapphire Diamond Tiara, Sapphire Diamond Necklace.
The ORLÉANS SAPPHIRE PARURE : Sapphire Diamond Tiara, Sapphire Diamond Stomacher, Sapphire Diamond Necklace France Marie-Dorothée Duchesse d’Orléans|Archduchess Marie Dorothea of Austria| Royal Wedding Present Wedding Gift from the Countess of Paris to her daughter-in-law, the famous parure of Sapphire from the House of Orleans. Sapphire Diamond Stomacher, Sapphire Diamond Tiara, Sapphire Diamond Necklace.
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Gladys Moore Vanderbilt’s Cartier Diamond and Amethyst Tiara – and its Surviving Fragment
When Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (1886–1965), the youngest daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, married Count László Széchényi of Hungary in 1908, her wedding became one of the most celebrated unions of the Gilded Age. To mark this transatlantic marriage, Alice Vanderbilt commissioned Cartier to create a magnificent diamond and amethyst tiara in the Belle Époque style.
The jewel was conceived as eight delicate sprays of lilies, rising gracefully above the bandeau, each set with old-cut diamonds. The innovative design allowed for interchangeable drops: either pear-shaped amethysts or similarly shaped diamonds could be suspended from the sprays, altering the tiara’s appearance according to occasion and fashion.
This tiara was more than a personal adornment; it symbolised the Vanderbilt family’s ambition and their determination to translate American industrial wealth into European aristocratic prestige. Gladys, one of the last of the great American heiresses of her generation, embodied this transfer of fortune and status across the Atlantic.
In the years that followed, the tiara was eventually dismantled-a fate not uncommon among great jewels of the period, as changing styles and inheritance divided once-cohesive parures into smaller, wearable pieces. Yet fragments survived, carrying with them echoes of their original splendour.
One such surviving jewel has now resurfaced: a Cartier diamond brooch, designed as a single lily spray, set with an old-cut pear-shaped diamond weighing 4.55 carats. Originally part of Gladys Vanderbilt’s tiara, the brooch retains the elegance of Cartier’s Belle Époque craftsmanship and stands as a rare tangible relic of the Vanderbilt legacy.
In November 2025, this brooch will be offered at auction in Geneva. Its reappearance not only revives the story of Gladys Vanderbilt’s celebrated wedding gift but also highlights the enduring allure of jewels that once served as instruments of social power, familial aspiration, and transatlantic identity.
Archduchess Renata of Habsburg |Princess Radziwill |Royal Imperial Jewels |Erzherzogin Renata von Österreich Radziwill Diamond Tiara, Swag Tiara with Diamonds wedding gift
Royal wedding presents imperial marriage gifts Archduchess Renata of Habsburg |Princess Radziwill |Royal Imperial Jewels |Erzherzogin Renata von Österreich Radziwill Diamond Tiara, Swag Tiara with Diamonds marriage present – later owned by Princess Eugenie of Greece
Als Tatjana Priscilla Walburga Marie Gräfin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems, die älteste Tochter von Franz-Clemens von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems und Stephanie von Blanckenstein, am Wochenende heiratete, trug die Braut einen Teil des Kaisergeschenks, ihrer Ur-Ur-Urgroßmutter, als Diamant Diadem.
Der Adel aus Europa ist am Samstag nach Hohenems gekommen, um eine Hochzeit zu feiern. Die älteste Tochter von Nini und Franz-Clemens Waldburg-Zeil, Tatjana Waldburg-Zeil, hat in der Hohenemser Kirche Sankt Karl den Salzburger Industriellen-Sohn Philipp Eisl geheiratet. Adelige aus zwölf Nationen sind dafür angereist.
480 Gäste aus der ganzen Welt sind zur Hochzeit von Tatjana Waldburg-Zeil und Philipp Eisl in Hohenems geladen. Für die Damen lautet der Dresscode Kurzes Kleid und Hut – fast alle hielten sich daran.
Der Einzug in die festlich geschmückte Pfarrkirche St. Karl ist minutiös geplant – den Start macht der Bräutigam mit seiner Mutter, gefolgt von der Brautmutter mit dem Vater des Bräutigams, den Geschwistern und Großeltern des Brautpaars. Source: ORF
Tatjana Countess von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems and the Salzburg entrepreneur Philipp Eisl celebrated their dream wedding at the weekend in the parish church next to the Hohenems Palace, where the celebrations took place afterwards. Among the guests, some of them royal, were King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands with his wife Queen Máxima. Countess Stephanie of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems, mother of the bride.
Countess Leonie von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems WeddingTiara
Countess Leonie Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems Wedding Tiara – Archduchess Elisabeth’s diamond necklace wedding gift of the Emperor Joseph of Austria, her grandfather, made by A.E.Köchert Imperial Jewel | Empress Sisi’s great-great-great-granddaughter
Gräfin Leonie von Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems und Graf Caspar von Matuschka
Prinzessin Marie-Astrid, die Tochter von Prinz Nikolaus von Liechtenstein wählte am 25. September 2021, nach der kirchlichen Trauung im Dom Santa Maria Assunta von Orbetello mit dem Kinsky Geissblatt Diamant Diadem und stattlichem weißem Brautkleid mit großartiger Schleppe, eine „light“ Variante für den Abend.
Wild Roses Diamond Tiara Diadem Marylou Whitney on auction in December 2020
Wild Roses Diamond Tiara Diadem| Marylou Whitney Vanderbilt, imperial Rose wreath and leaves in diamond Tiara
The tiara of garland design, featuring floral and foliate motifs pavé-set with old mine, old European, pear, single and rose-cut diamonds, accented with cushion-cut and round rubies. The Silver-Topped Gold, Ruby and Diamond Tiara is offered for auction in 2020 by Sotheby’s
Zita Empress of Austria | Gift to the Archduchess Diamond Necklace from the Emperor Christening Otto von Habsburg christening present Zita Kaiserin von Österreich| Imperiale Juwelen -Taufgeschenk des Kaisers Franz Joseph anlässlich der Taufe von Erzherzog Otto von Habsburg
Schmuck und Juwelen der Deutsche Fürstenhäuser | Royal Jewels – Historical Jewerly and Treasure of Royals and Aristocracy | bijoux historiques| исторические драгоценности
