Above we see Hélène Duchess of Aosta, wearing her favorite collier de chien, a pearl necklace with small ornaments of diamonds with sapphire and rubies, the gift from the Duke of Chatres, is of 13 string of pearls.
Another present from her brother Louis Philippe Robert duc d'Orléans, on the occassion of her marriage in 1895, was this aigrette, wearable as bandeau or diadem, sketch from the press and the design of the archive Chaumet, Paris.
The whereabout is unknown.
Source:Illustrated London News;Archive Chaumet;THE NEW YORK HERALD; Archive Ursula Butschal;The Graphic;Le Figaro;'The San Francisco Call';
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