Duchess Elena of Aosta, born Princess of France. She was the wife of HRH Duke Emanuele Filiberto of Aosta, eldest son of the first Duke of Aosta and thus nephew of King Umberto I. The Princess poses wearing a fine diamond lattice tiara, with 20 single diamonds on top, the center is like an spray and probably movable and to change for other ornaments. A diamond lattice tiara was seen in the Savoy family, in an Edwardian Style design, worne by Clotilde, Princesse de Venise.
The collier de chien of pearls on her neck with ruby and diamond elements, was a wedding present.
The whereabout is unknown.
Source:Illustrated London News;THE NEW YORK HERALD; Archive Ursula Butschal;The Graphic;Le Figaro;'The San Francisco Call';
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