Queen Mother’s Cartier Bracelets

Last night, Queen Camilla wore one of the Queen Mother’s Art Deco Cartier Diamond Bracelets for the first time! The five Bracelets were the newlywed Duke of York’s versatile Christmas and Birthday Gifts to his Duchess between 1923 and 1925, , which were inherited by their daughter, the late Queen, and are now worn by Queen Camilla!

Consisting of a set of five Art Deco Cartier Diamond Bracelets, of which three are set with baguette rubies, emeralds and sapphires, the Bracelets were individually gifted by the then Duke of York to the Duchess for Birthdays and Christmases between 1923 and 1925.

The Duchess of York wore all five of the bracelets stacked on her arm in early series of portraits taken in the mid-1920s, along with her Lotus Flower Tiara and her Strathmore Rose Tiara.

When she had received all five bracelets in 1925, the Duchess of York also acquired a Bandeau mount from Cartier, which allowed the piece to be worn as a Bandeau assembled as a combination of three of the five bracelets.

The Cartier Bracelet Bandeau began to be worn in the late 1920s and was quite frequently seen in the years before the Duke’s accession, pictured much more than the Turquoise Parure, Lotus Flower Tiara, and Strathmore Rose Tiara which were also in her collection during that period.

The Duchess of York notably wore the Cartier Bracelet Bandeau for a Ballet Performance by the Camargo Ballet Society at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in 1933, and later that year, it was worn with her Sapphire Brooch for a Red Cross Gala.

By the late 1930s, as fashions changed and the Duchess of York had become Queen, the Bracelet Bandeau was not publicly worn as a Bandeau and even the Bracelets were rarely pictured, though they made a notable pairing with Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara for the King and Queen’s first Official Portraits.

By the 1970s, the Queen Mother had given the Cartier Art Deco Bracelets to her daughter, the Queen, who began wearing them in an assortment of configurations from that period, for Gala Performances and Dinners to State Banquets.

In 1983, the Queen loaned one of the Art Deco Cartier Bracelets to her daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, for her first Tour of Australia, when the Bracelet was paired with the Spencer Tiara, her Qatar Pearl Earrings, and Prince of Wales Feathers Pendant for a State Dinner in Hobart.

The late Queen continued to wear the Cartier Art Deco Bracelets in recent years, with notable appearances at her 92nd Birthday Concert in 2018 and for the Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace in 2019, paired with the Vladimir Tiara and Greville Emerald Necklace, which was her last Tiara event of her long reign.

In 2024, Queen Camilla debuted the Emerald Cartier Art Deco Bracelet at a ‘Celebration Of Shakespeare’ Event in London. There is no doubt we will continue to see the Bracelets worn for years to come!

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Burmese Ruby Tiara

The Belgian Sapphire Tiara

Greville Tiara

Delhi Durbar Tiara

Cubitt-Shand Tiara

George IV State Diadem

Queen Mary’s Crown

Greville Festoon Necklace

Coronation Necklace

King George VI Sapphire Suite

Modern Diamond Suite

Diamond Serpent Necklace

Turquoise Suite

Queen Camilla’s Chokers

City of London Fringe Necklace

Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation Rivière

South African Diamond Necklace

Prince Albert’s Sapphire Brooch

Queen Mother’s Diamond Thistle Brooch

Queen Mary’s Russian Sapphire Cluster Brooch

Princess Marie Louise’s Diamond Sunburst Brooch

Queen Mother’s Rock Crystal Brooch

Queen Mary’s Celtic Knot Brooch

Queen Mother’s Cartier Bracelets

Prince of Wales Feathers Brooch

Queen Victoria’s Hessian Diamond Jubilee Brooch

Queen Alexandra’s Ladies of North Wales Leek Brooch

Crown

Greville Tiara

Oriental Circlet Tiara

Delhi Durbar Tiara

Fringe Tiara

Turquoise Parure

Lotus Flower Tiara

Strathmore Rose Tiara

Cartier Halo Tiara

Teck Crescent Tiara

Cartier Bracelet Bandeau

Aquamarine Pine Flower Tiara

Teck Diamond Hoop Necklace

Queen Adelaide’s Fringe

Queen Alexandra’s Wedding Necklace

Greville Festoon Necklace

Greville Emerald Necklace

The Queen Mother’s Tiaras

Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Vladimir Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara

Belgian Sapphire Tiara

Burmese Ruby Tiara

Brazilian Aquamarine Tiara

Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara

Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara

Queen Victoria’s Oriental Circlet Tiara

Nizam of Hyderabad Tiara

Plunket Tiara

Five Aquamarine Tiara

Imperial State Crown

George IV State Diadem

Necklaces

Coronation Necklace and Earrings

The Cambridge Emerald Parure

Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Necklace

King George VI Sapphire Suite

Queen’s Three-Strand Pearl Necklace

King George VI Festoon Necklace

Queen’s South African Diamonds

Queen’s City of London Fringe Necklace

Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace

Greville Ruby Necklace

Queen’s Japanese Pearl Choker

Kent Amethyst Parure

Queen’s Emerald Tassel Suite

Empress Maria Feodorovna’s Sapphire Choker

Greville Emerald Necklace

Queen’s Dubai Sapphire Suite

King Khalid Diamond Necklace

Pakistani Turquoise Necklace

The Queen’s Sapphires

Earrings

Greville Diamond Chandelier Earrings

Duchess of Gloucester’s Pendant Earrings

Queen Victoria’s Pearl Earrings

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