Monday, June 19, 2017

Colorized Joan Crawford in "The Women" 1939

From the film promotion of one of her most famous films, 1939 "The Women" where she wore what is reputed to be her favorite set of jewelry.  Crawford clearly had eyes for exquisite jewelry. This brooch, bracelet, and necklace set was created by Parisian jewelry house Verger Frères for Boucheron sometime around 1935 and acquired by the future Oscar winner thereafter.  Auctioned at Soptheby's and  exhibited at the Boston's Museum of Fine arts in 2014-15, the set has 131 cts. of oval-cut aquamarines and 11.5 cts. of round brilliant-cut platinum-set diamonds in 18k yellow gold with rose gold accents.   Good thing the celebrity jewelry site from  where I downloaded the original b&w has a detailed photo of the exact jewels worn. Rather than detail them on the photo, I just composited the actual jewelry over her photo and made some manipulations for light/shadow and perspective with a little touch of Photoshop rendering of lens flare in several places.

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