Treasures of Chatsworth House to go on public display

Fri, 05 Mar 2010

Treasures and heirlooms from Chatsworth House, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, will be going on public display for the first time. Jewels worn by generations of Devonshire women and masterpieces by the artists Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough will be exhibited at the stately home in Derbyshire when it reopens on 14 March to the public, following a £14 million renovation.

A new space, the North Gallery, will showcase treasures generally locked away in the Chatsworth vaults and will include the Devonshire Parure, a seven-piece set of jewellery created for Countess Granville, the wife of the 6th Duke's nephew, to wear at the coronation of Tsar Alexander II in 1856.

The Parure, which has never before been shown in its entirety, includes three headpieces, a stomacher, a necklace, a bandeau and a bracelet . The Parure also features gems carved with miniature portraits of Elizabeth I and Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII.
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