The auction house presents to buyers of albums with sketches of jewelry, made the daughter of Alexander III and Nicholas II's sister Xenia

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November 30 2011 in London Russian bid Bonhams brought two albums of the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova, featuring jewelry.

Grand Duchess Xenia, daughter of Emperor Alexander III and sister of Nicholas II, led a luxurious lifestyle. Two volume represented at the auction, it's documented history of Xenia precious gifts it received between 1880 and 1912 years. Grand Duchess Xenia Albums (estimate 150-250 thousand pounds) - a wonderful opportunity to look behind the scenes of great life, tastes and relationships Romanov family.

Albums were a kind of diary of the Grand Duchess in the drawings, they are almost completely irrelevant to the facts of political life, details of which Xenia Alexandrovna has paid great attention to his correspondence and other sources. < /p>

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every day Birth of the Grand Duchess, birthdays, Christmas and Easter were marked with precious gifts from relatives Ksenia people: teachers, friends and family members. In the albums can be found, for example, images modest pendants and medallions, which gave the Grand Duchess during her girlhood, gift of the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro), who later became her husband, made during the period of courtship, and simple rings, marking the birth of each of the seven Children of Alexander and Xenia.

Marriage Xenia was one of the recent cases, when a member of the jewelry for the royal family were made by the Treasury. At the wedding of the parents presented with exquisite emerald Xenia, ruby ​​and sapphire sets, as well as a necklace of diamonds, the tiara and pearl necklace from the jewelry house Bolin: all these gifts were sketched and signed by Xenia in albums, which drew attention to customers Bonhams. Captions read: "From Mom and Dad at a wedding».

In Xenia albums highlights those jewels, which were later donated to her daughter, Princess Irene, sons and other family members. Along with excellent wedding gifts, emeralds and pearls, in albums and images are more modest gifts such as jewelry, decorated with enamel.

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Tridtsatidvuhletnyaya Jewelry Chronicle of Grand Duchess Xenia captured changing styles and fashion jewelry, from pseudo-Russian style to Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Over time, life has changed dramatically and most of the Grand Duchess: surviving the reign of his father and brother, revolution and two world wars, she died in 1960 in England, in the former country residence of the royal Hampton Court.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

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