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Jewels is a three-act ballet created for the New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine.It premièred on Thursday, 13 April 1967 at the New York State Theater, with sets designed by Peter Harvey and lighting by Ronald Bates. [1]Jewels has been called the first full-length abstract ballet. [2] It has three related movements: Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds ...
The Royal Collection includes several famous individual stones, notably the Koh-I-Nûr diamond, the large spinel known as the Timur Ruby (now set into a necklace), and the Cullinan Diamond, which was presented to King Edward VII by the government of South Africa.
The Crown Jewels are the most famous of the nation's treasures. Kept under the watchful eye of the Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London, they constitute the most complete collection of royal regalia in the world.
On 13 November 2024, Sotheby’s Geneva is proud to present its sale of Royal and Noble Jewels, featuring spectacular jewels of illustrious provenance. The sale is led by A Rare, Historic and Highly Important 18th Century Jewel, formerly owned by the Marquesses of Anglesey, a remarkable collection assembled by Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria and his family, including an exceptional Fancy Gray-Blue ...
At the heart of the Crown Jewels are the Coronation Regalia. These are the sacred objects used in the coronation ceremony. The collection includes St Edward's Crown, the Imperial State Crown, the Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross and the Sovereign’s Orb.
2 lut 2024 · The collection encompassed both formal, ceremonial ornaments, including an Order of the Golden Fleece, the ultimate Habsburg honour, and smaller, intricate personal jewels, tokens of affection, sentimental gifts, fashionable, wearable, stylised designs, whimsical Fabergé creations, gem-set and enamelled egg pendants, and the refined ...
Queen Elizabeth II owned a historic collection of jewels – some as monarch and others as a private individual. They are separate from the gems and jewels of the Royal Collection, and from the coronation and state regalia that make up the Crown Jewels.
