Above in the paiting of Laszlo is pictured Mrs.Harry Lehr, Elizabeth de la Poer Beresford Drexel.
LATE LADY DECIES £279,238 estate: Probate for will in U.S. NEW YORK, Friday.—Probate has been granted here of the will of Elizabeth Baroness Decies, widow of the fifth Baron. Lady Decies. who died in 1944, was socially prominent in New York and Paris.
She left net estate of £258,811 (gross £279,238), which included diamond necklaces, tiaras and other items, valued at £18.484
The Diamond Earrings are part of her Garland Style Diamond Tiara made by Cartier NY around 1920, the Garland Cartier Diamond Tiara are sold in 1997 together with the earrings and pendants.
Lady Decies being photographed at the 1943 opening night of the Metropolitan Opera, wearing the important diamond sautoir of oval whreat links and small bows between, with tassels on the end and are also made by Cartier NY.
Source: Sotheby's; Christie's;The Tatler;The Bystander;
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