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| Anna: Hello, I'm Anna Jones and this is Entertainment. Today we're looking at the language used to describe glittering stones andsilver jewellery made by the well known jewellery company, Tiffany. TheTiffany brand – a brand is a type of product made by a particular company -was founded in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany in New York and by the 1840'swas selling diamond jewellery. Over 150 years later Tiffany is now known allover the world for its stunning jewellery. And for the first time in its historyan exhibition has opened in central London featuring over 200 pieces ofTiffany jewellery. Our BBC Learning English colleague, John Escolme, wentalong to see the exhibition and was guided around it by its curator ClairePhillips. Claire tells us which is here favourite exhibit or piece of jewelleryfeaturing at the exhibition. What is it and when was it made? Claire Philipps Dur: 11“One of my absolute favourites is the fire opal collar made for the Paris exposition in 1900. And at the time it was described as being the finest collection of fire opals in the world. Anna: Claire says that ”one of her absolute favourites“ – one of her best-liked things –is the ”fire opal collar.“ An opal is a precious stone whose colour changeswhen the position of the person looking at it changes – this one is a fire opal –the colours of fire – reds, yellows, greens and oranges. Claire describes the fireopal collar in more detail. Listen out for some of the adjectives and otherdescriptive terms that she uses: These extraordinary glowing orange and green stones with their marvellous play of colourarranged as a collar that would have been worn around the neck with originally a wonderfulpendant hanging from it.. The geometric patterning based on native American art but reallythe river of rich orange and green stones described by Tiffany's gemologist at the time as”each one a miniature sunset in the palm of your hand.“ . Anna: Claire uses some lovely language to describe the fire opal collar. She uses theadjective ”glowing“ which means that the stones are producing a continuouslight. The stones are arranged as a collar that would have been worn aroundthe neck and would have had a pendant or object - perhaps a diamond cutthe neck and would have had a pendant or object - perhaps a diamond cutinto a special shape - hanging from the opal stones. She says that the collaris like a ”river of rich orange and green stones“ – the necklace of preciousstones looks like an orange and green river. It has geometric patterning whichmeans that the stones are arranged in a particular order or pattern. Thegemologist – the person at Tiffanys who is a precious stones expert – says thateach one of the stones is like a miniature sunset in the palm of your hand. Eachstone is like a tiny image of the sun setting with its mass of rich red andorange colours. If you hold something in the plam of your hand you hold it inthe inside of your hand from the wrist to the base of your fingers. Here's Clareagain – try to listen out for the descriptive language she uses. These extraordinary glowing orange and green stones with their marvellous play of colourarranged as a collar that would have been worn around the neck with originally a wonderfulpendant hanging from it. The geometric patterning based on native American art but reallythe river of rich orange and green stones described by Tiffany's gemologist at the time as”each one a miniature sunset in the palm of your hand.“Anna: Finally John ask about a picture at the exhibition of Audrey Hepburn, thefamous actress who starred in the 1961 film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.Whatcolour is the diamond she is wearing and what other word does she use todescribe its colour? So we've come now to quite a large picture of Audrey Hepburn – wearing what? Well AudreyHepburn wearing a magnificent Tiffany necklace designed by John Schlumbaget in a patternof ribbons, diamond ribbons. But at its centre the magnificent Tiffany diamond which is over128 carats - a beautiful yellow diamond – a beautiful canary yellow stone. Anna: Well Audrey Hepburn is wearing a beautiful yellow diamond and Clairedescribes it as a ”canary“ yellow diamond - a canary is a small yellow bird -with a pattern of diamond ribbons.. Clare says that the diamond is over 128carats – a carat is a unit for measuring the weight of jewels. So AudreyHepburn is wearing a beautiful yellow Tiffany diamond. That's all from this edition of entertainment. Join us again next time. |
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