An early nineteenth century Georgian garnet parure, the garnets closed-backed and foiled, each set in finely crafted gold cannetille, typical of the era, with matching brooch, later modified earrings with post-back and pear-shaped garnet drops, and tiara, circa 1820. Necklace length 15 in, brooch 2 in by 2 in with later brooch fitting, earrings 1.5 in, tiara 6 in wide. Minor losses to cannetille on one earring and to one link at the back of the riviere. 

Formal eighteenth and nineteeth century jewelry was very often made in parures: boxed jewels of uniform design set with matching stones. These could be found in small sets, called demi-parures, containing as little as two or three pieces. But when it came to evening attire, wealthy women might own an extensive parure with as many as sixteen matching pieces all beautifully arrayed in a decorative box. These parures might contain a necklace, earrings, hair ornaments, brooches, bracelets, and pendants.