MODERN JEWELLERY

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27047, 23 May 1953, Page 2

MODERN JEWELLERY

BRILLIANT SUITES

A magnificent example of modern jewellery craftsmanship and design created for Coronation year was exhibited in London recently. Made by the same world-famous firm which designed the £50,000 Festival suite in 1951, the diamond Coronation suite is set in palladium, sister metal to platinum and used for its lightness combined with strength. It consists of three pieces of diamond jewellerynecklace with a floral motif, a matching floral bracelet which is convertible into two different important pieces of jewellery and pendant earrings which encircle the enure ear. The flower spray can be taken from the necklace to form a tiara, mounted on a frame, leaving a diamond necklace. This same spray can be transformed into a large diamond pin brooch, two dress or lapel clips and a matching pair of diamond flower ear-clips, using the five flower motifs. Alternatively the five flower sprays may be worn as a third necklace. Diamond flower sprays on the bracelet can be detached for wearing as a corsage clip, leaving a simple diamond braciet to be worn en suite. Thus the initial three pieces of the diamond and palladium suite can be transformed into nearly a' dozen different items of jewellery, sufficient to be worn on every occasion, from a cocktail party to a State Ball, or for wearing at the Abbey on the occasion of the Coronation. The creation of such a suite of jewellery marks a dramatic step forward in jewellery craftsmanship and design. After its London debut, when the suite was shown by models wearing gowns by Norman Hartnell, the Queen’s dressmaker, it was sent to the jewellery section of the British Industries Fair.