Decorations
Decorations
THE wearing of jewels, and their adaptation to various articles of costume, dates from the most ancient times. I can but briefly allude to…
Decorations: Richard
Chains and collars were evidently favourite decorations in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, in our own country. At the…
Decorations: George
In former times the GARTERS of the sovereign's order of knighthood were usually enriched with jewels. This is confirmed by the will of the…
Decorations: Charles
Among the jewels of King Charles I. which were sold were, "a George, containing 161 diamonds, pound 71 2s.; a George cut in onyx, with 41…
Decorations: Ear-rings
No custom is more ancient or more universal than that of wearing EAR-RINGS. Among the Hebrews their use appears to have been confined to…
Decorations: Roman
The extravagance of the Greek and Roman ladies for ear-rings almost exceeds belief. Pliny says, "They seek for pearls at the bottom of the…
Decorations: Saxon
Brooches, ring-shaped, were worn from times of remote antiquity, and are found among Etruscan and Roman remains; also in Saxon places of…
Decorations: Chaucer
Chaucer, in "Troilus and Creseida," says:-- "A broche of gold and azure, In which a ruby set was like an herte, Creseide him gave, and…
Decorations: Henry
GLOVES do not appear to have been worn by either sex before the eleventh century. Jewelled gloves formed part of the regal habit of the…
Decorations: James
In a curious letter in the British Museum from James I. to his son and favourite Buckingham, when at Madrid in 1623, there is an allusion…
Decorations: Pope
The Duke de Valentinois, son of Pope Alexander VI., visited, in 1498, Louis XII. of France. Brantome informs us that the duke's robe of red…
Decorations: Elizabeth
The shoes of Charlemagne, preserved in the Imperial Treasury of Vienna, are richly ornamented, and studded with pearls and precious stones…
Decorations: French
Shoulder-Knots were bunches of ribbon or lace, first worn in the time of Charles II. They were frequently enriched with precious stones…
Decorations: China
The practice of carrying fans in official processions, as insignia of honour and power in China, is of great antiquity, and in early ages…
Decorations: Amadis
Edward the Confessor is described as wearing a mantle or cloak of velvet, embroidered in gold, ornamented with precious stones, and lined…
Decorations: Siam
A portrait of Mary Queen of Scots, in the possession of the Baroness Braye, represents her palfrey as trapped with purple velvet, and cut…
Decorations: Burmese
An account of the jewel-decorated carriage of a Burmese sovereign, captured by the English in 1825 at Tavoy, a seaport in the Burmese…
Decorations: Jewels
Jewels were among the principal objects introduced into Egypt from Arabia and India. The mines of their own desert did, indeed, supply…
Decorations: Zenobia
The chief fame and historical interest of this city of the desert, are derived from the genius and heroism of Zenobia, whose dominions…
Decorations: Precious
Seldom are toys and jewels mentioned by Homer, but with this additional circumstance, that they were either of Sidonian workmanship, or…
Decorations: Alfred
Asser tells us that King Alfred sent rich presents to the inhabitants of the Indian peninsula, and received from them jewels of…
Decorations: Crusades
The Crusades had a great influence on art and luxury by the introduction from the East of many precious objects. The Roman style of…
Decorations: Paris
In the thirteenth century the commerce of precious stones was almost exclusively in the hands of the Jews, but it was difficult to prevent…
Decorations: Philip
In the fifteenth century, the Dukes of Burgundy were conspicuous for their sumptuous state. The court of Philip the Good exceeded in riches…
Decorations: Swiss
Charles the Rash, the last Duke of Burgundy of his race, was also prodigal in the display of his enormous wealth, but, restless and…
Decorations: Jeanne
The body of the duke, crushed and disfigured, was recognized after the battle, by his ring, which bore a precious stone of great richness…
Decorations: Navarre
When, about twenty years later, she occupied, as Queen of Navarre, with her husband, Antoine de Navarre, the Castle of Pau, we are told of…
Decorations: John
The jewels of an English lady in the sixteenth century are shown in an "Inventory of the Money and Jewels of Anne, Dutches of Somerset…
Decorations: Esterhazy
The famous Esterhazy jewels which remained in that princely house for three-quarters of a century, were among the wonders of the age. It…
Decorations: Algiers
Mr. St. John, consul to the last Dey of Algiers, describes a visit he paid to the treasury of this potentate, just before the taking of…
Decorations: Star
In Rousselet's "India, and its Native Princes," we find a description of the ex-Guicowar of Baroda. He was mounted on a superb elephant…
Decorations: India
During the visit of the Prince of Wales to India the display of jewel decorations by the native princes was extraordinary. Sir Jung…
Decorations: Shah
Notwithstanding these jewelled riches of Turkey, however, they are surpassed by the splendour of the Shah of Persia's treasury, the…