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Both she and her father-in-law are attributed with naming the palace "Monbijou", from the French mon bijou ("my jewel"). In 1717 tsar Peter the Great of Russia and his court lodged at Monbijou for two days while traveling abroad. According to contemporary reports, the Russian guests left the property in "a complete mess" after their departure.
A bijou (plural: bijoux) from the French bijou (pl. bijoux) is an intricate jewellery piece incorporated into clothing, or worn by itself on the body. Use [ edit ]
The firm's archives once dated as far back as 1796, and its founder, the German-born jeweller Andreas Roempler, was established in St. Petersburg as early as 1790. In the registers of the German colony of this city he is called Master of Diamonds.
Fred Joaillier, more commonly known as Fred, is a French jewellery and watch brand founded in 1936 by Fred Samuel in Paris and operated by the company "Fred Paris".. The company has more than fifty of its own shops worldwide and various retail outlets in some thirty countries.
Au Bijou (Au Bijou Uhren & Schmuck) is the oldest jewellery in Basel, Switzerland, the Huber family business now in its 11th generation. [1] In 1656, the goldsmith Martin Huber founded the company producing bijou, jewellery included in articles of clothing. Today, Patrik-Philipp Huber continues in the tradition and manufactures his own jewellery.
Jewellery of a Berber woman in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris. Jewellery of the Berber cultures (Tamazight language: iqchochne imagine, ⵉⵇⵇⵛⵓⵛⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵏ) is a historical style of traditional jewellery that was worn by women mainly in rural areas of the Maghreb region in North Africa and inhabited by Indigenous Berber people (in the Berber language Tamazight ...
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The Indiscreet Jewels (or The Indiscreet Toys, or The Talking Jewels; French: Les Bijoux indiscrets) is the first novel by Denis Diderot, published anonymously in 1748.It is an allegory that portrays Louis XV of France as Mangogul, Sultan of Congo, who owns a magic ring that makes women's vaginas ("jewels") talk.