Young Lady Putting on a Pearl Necklace (Albert Friedrich Schröder)

Albert Friedrich Schröder (1854–1939) / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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“Which necklace will you wear?” Kitty asked.

“I thought to wear the pearl one.”

“This one?” Kitty held up a string of pearls that had a pearl pendant suspended from it and intricate metalwork between each stone.

“Yes, that was the one. Do you think it will go well?”

“I do.” She placed the necklace on the dressing table and ran a finger over the stones. “It is beautiful.”

“Thank you. Fitzwilliam gave it to me.”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).

8 thoughts on “Young Lady Putting on a Pearl Necklace (Albert Friedrich Schröder)”

  1. Hi Leenie, As usual, I love the Wednesday art offering. This painting should’ve been called ‘Oops, I dropped a little bracelet, what SHALL I do?’ (she doesn’t looked very concerned…) But after I first looked at the young lady with that frightfully valuable rope of pearls, ohmygosh, I had to look around at the other details. The setting seems somewhat incongruous, the furnishings sparse. The room she’s in looks like it’s off of the music room, kind of a weird place to bring one’s jewelry case. But I love that chest between the two chairs!! Woooo. Actually, I did read that he was known for his ‘polished style, [rich in detail, every surface represented with a refined technique presenting an exquisite and desirable piece.] I couldn’t find much about the artist, except that he painted ‘genre paintings’ and illustrations, images obviously much outside his life era. I just have to admire its loveliness, and stop this silly rabbit hole exploration. (yeah, right)

    Just to make this really over-the-top eye-rolling, I also tried to find out when pearls stopped being referred to as ‘stone,’ because in your dialog above the word, stone, bothered me somewhat. I think of stone as a description for a clear, crystalline gem. Any feelings against referring to them as gems?

    I haven’t been following this story online, although I know it’s there. I decided after reading the last one for Kitty that I would wait for it to come out in publication. Yay, I’m excited for that. 😀

    1. Ah, see, I think of a gem as a glass-like polished stone like a diamond or ruby. Isn’t that interesting. But, I guess both gem and stone are interchangeable because they could both be shortenings of the word gemstone, right? I haven’t really thought about it much before. I know I thought that stone seemed more natural in my mind when I was writing this bit because (and feel free to chuckle) stones are more often round and gems are more often flat on one side. 😀 That being said, I’d say there is nothing wrong with calling them a gem, either.

      When I saw this picture I thought she looks as if she’s thinking “how did that get there.” Now, if this is at Netherfield, that bracelet could have gotten there because Oliver stole it and then dropped it there. It might not even be from that jewelry box. If I am remembering correctly, Lady Catherine had a bracelet that Oliver kept trying to take when she visited Netherfield. Maybe the feline thief succeeded?

      One of the things I love about this picture is the emptiness. It really focuses you on the few things that are there. I also thought of Georgiana when seeing this picture because of the piano in the other room.

      I just love looking at art like this and imagining all the possibilities!

      I expect this story to be ready to publish near the end of August.

      1. Well, you got me there on the gem/stone/gemstone idea!! Oh, I had to chuckle when you mentioned Oliver. I love the comic relief animals and small children bring to books. I mean, they have other purposes too, but you’re statement really made me smile big.

        The end of August isn’t toooooo long to wait. I’m still reading the ‘Other Pens’ series (and loving it, as usual.) And I’ve got others to read from your list I haven’t tackled yet. And some rereads that are calling me….

  2. She has the strangest expression. It makes me wonder what she is thinking. How about: Ah, man, I
    gonna have to pick that up? Where is a servant when you need one? My corset is NOT going to let me bend over and get that. Or how about… I hate grand-mama’s bracelet. Perhaps if I give it a good kick… it will go under the table and I can say I don’t know where it is. Then I won’t have to wear it.

    This was cute. It reminds me of the movie Sense & Sensibility with all the openness of the rooms. Elinor would be in one room and Marianne would be in another on the piano playing some mournful dirge. Thanks for sharing.

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