Your Favorite Pearl Photo!

[Valeria101]

I can see I'm going to have to go back again and again (on royal-mag).

They do update every coupe of months or so. for some reason every new search yields something new.

For example.. a picture meant to show the head dress. No mention of the remarkable stack of pearls there!

I really don't have a 'favorite pearl picture'. Just some candidates. This was just added to the list:

What a daring thing to do with pearls!

 

[CLICLASP]

Happy Birthday GemGeek !!

Enjoy this day, enjoy your presents !

 

[boo]

Happy belated birthday, Blaire!! I will have to dig up a picture at a later date, I am afraid, but you have my fondest wishes for a wonderful year

 

[jshepherd]

Happy belated birthday Blaire!

So many pearl photos... A favorite? Really? That is a tough one.

 

[GemGeek]

Happy Birthday GemGeek !!

Enjoy this day, enjoy your presents !

Wow!!! You know how I love abalone pearls. That's got to be the most mirror-reflective one I've ever seen.

Thanks, I really am enjoying these posts. You should see me smiling.
Blaire

 

[knotty panda]

I found you a pearl. Not like any other pearl. One of a kind, though. Happy birthday! Sorry all, her name didn't show up on the pic for some reason. Her name is Minnie Pearl and she was a comedian.

 

[GemGeek]

What a Gem! I grew up seeing Minnie Pearl on television, price tag and all.

 

[jerin]

Hi, Blaire

and from me as well the very best wishes for Your birthday.
Unfortunately I am not good at posting pictures but if I could I would send You a photo of some lovely pearl tiara, there are quite many around still in the royal houses of Europe.

 

[Casey.R]

Happy birthday!

 

[Caitlin]

Da big bling bling might belonged to the Roumanian royal family. I started a new thread on La Regente and found a picture of it.

 

[Eugenie]

I wasn't quite sure if it's ok to post here, but didn't find a more suitable topic. I was looking at some paintings by Botticelli and saw this portrait of Simonetta Vespucci which I like. For the first time, I noticed how beautifully her hair was adorned with pearls.

 

[Eugenie]

...and another 'pearl portrait', which I remember since childhood - always liked it - a portrait of Eleonora of Toledo by Bronzino. I will only show a fragment of it, the whole portrait can be found here. (The previous picture is also from wiki).

Aren't the pearls fabulous? To think that all of them are natural! )

 

[GemGeek]

Hey, those are terrific! I wonder how long it took to weave the pearls into the braids...

 

[pattye]

Those are fab pearls and portraits! Looks like Eleonora has on one dark and one light earring----talk about fashion forward! And some darker pearls, just amazing! Thanks much for the info, I hadn't seen either of these portraits before.

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

 

[CLICLASP]

I was looking at some paintings by Botticelli and saw this portrait of Simonetta Vespucci which I like. For the first time, I noticed how beautifully her hair was adorned with pearls.

Hi Eugenie

I did not know this Simonetta Vespucci, but I am very found of the one painted by Piero di Cosimo

 

[la_corsetiere]

...and another 'pearl portrait', which I remember since childhood - always liked it - a portrait of Eleonora of Toledo by Bronzino. I will only show a fragment of it, the whole portrait can be found here. (The previous picture is also from wiki).

Aren't the pearls fabulous? To think that all of them are natural! )

If you go to the link and enlarge the full photo of the portrait, you'll see an amazing mondo hunkin' pearl tassel thingie (my technical term) by her hand. I think I need to make one of those!!! Wondering what it actually was...

Would make a pretty cool keychain.

Sheri

 

[Eugenie]

Hi Eugenie

I did not know this Simonetta Vespucci, but I am very found of the one painted by Piero di Cosimo

Yes, this one is beautiful, too - hard to believe it's same woman, right? Actually, Botticelli painted Simonetta a lot, but I couldn't find anything else with pearls...

la_corsetiere, now, I wonder what the tassel thingie could be used for... didn't pay much attention to it... to shoo away flies and moskitoes?

 

[Eugenie]

I've also found two miniatures by Francois Clouet which you might like to see:

Mary Queen of Scots

Elizabeth of Austria Queen of France

Fascinating, the pearls in Queen Mary's hair are so translucent. Also, I like the way her necklace is tied, and that the pearls are dark. The second one I don't find so interesting in terms of pearls, but she's just beautiful )

When you're fed up, just tell me to stop, please )

Pics are from http://www.allposters.com