JULIA JANUS and RIBAS JEWELLERY<\/p>\n
KILMINGA JEWELLERY\\\\<\/p>\n
They married in secret. The future King left Vilnius for Krakow to convince his parents to accept Barbara as his lawful wife. His beloved remained in Vilnius. Augustus’ journey lasted half a year. During all this time, the lovers sent romantic letters to each other, each time enclosing a token of their love – a beautiful piece of jewellery.
\nAfter a long struggle for his love, Sigismund Augustus got Barbara recognised as his lawful wife and crowned Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Queen of Poland.
\nSigismund Augustus dressed in black and collected jewellery made of gold and precious stones. Barbara was very fond of pearls. All her clothes were decorated with pearls, and her wedding pearl headpiece became a European jewellery sensation. Every day, the florists at the royal palace decorated Queen Barbara’s rooms with bouquets of her favourite flowers: roses, lavender and pansies.
\nIn this collection, the combination of silver and gold, pearl and black diamond in a plant-style ornament symbolises the eternal romantic love of Vilnius.<\/p>\n
ENVIRONMENT\\\\<\/p>\n
The collection is displayed in a caf\u00e9 called Augustas & Barbora Love Story Caf\u00e9. On Stikli\u0173 Street, above the caf\u00e9, the art installation “Queen Barbara’s Flowers” by Kotryna \u010calkait\u0117 sways.
\nThe deliberate choice of location underlines the complexity of the Secret Love project. The designer Julia Janus, together with the Stikli\u0173 Street community, aims to place the 500-year history of Barbara Radvilait\u0117 in the streets of Vilnius Old Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15939,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_listing_category":[127],"event_listing_type":[132],"class_list":["post-15995","event_listing","type-event_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_listing_category-vilnius-en","event_listing_type-designovation-lt-showcase","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n