Title

Fringe of Diamonds, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Fringe of Diamonds, 1857. 'The marriage, by Hebrew ceremonial, of the Baron Alphonse de Rothschild to his cousin Leonora, the beautiful daughter of the Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, the popular head of the family in this country, is an alliance which may not inaptly be said to have an European interest...After the ceremony, the bride wore a gorgeous suite of diamonds, consisting of a diadem or necklace; two fringes for the dress in diamonds; and a diamond chain with eleven fine oriental pearl drops for a bandeau; the value of the whole exceeding £5000. The design, which is perfectly novel, was furnished by the mother of the bride, the Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, and the execution was intrusted to Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, of Bond-street'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_286

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

2,6Mb (197,3Kb) / 17,8in x 9,8in / 1278 x 708 (72dpi)

Keywords

wealth marriage diamond British color wedding diamonds necklace jewellery jewelry wealthy century affluence Britain newspapers press concept B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown Rothschild Baron Alphonse de Rothschild Alphonse James de Rothschild Alphonse de Rothschild 19th-century Hunt and Roskell Roskell Hunt and Hunt & Roskell Hunt & Alphonse de Baron Alphonse de Alphonse James de Leonora de Rothschild