Green Diamond Party Fashion Jewelry 78

Green Diamond Party Fashion Jewelry.

By Farzana Aamir.

The Dresden Green Diamond has a historical record dating back to 1722, when a London news-sheet carried an article about it in its 25 October-27th edition.[2] It was acquired by Augustus III of Poland from a Dutch merchant in 1742 at the Leipzig Fair.[2] In 1768, the diamond was incorporated into an extremely valuable hat ornament, surrounded by two large and 411 medium-sized and small diamonds.[3] This is the setting that the Dresden Green still appears in today.

In 2000, American jeweler, Harry Winston arranged to display the Dresden Green at the New York flagship store and then at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, USA, where it was displayed in the Harry Winston pavilion next to the largest blue diamond in the world, the Hope Diamond.