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17 de ago. de 2009 · The diamond’s current setting, once described by Evalyn Walsh McLean as a “frame of diamonds,” was originally created by Pierre Cartier and has remained largely unchanged since the early 1900s.
The Walsh-McLean House, completed in 1903, [6] cost $835,000 (the most expensive residence in the city at the time) [4] and had 60 rooms, a theater, a ballroom, a French salon, a grand staircase, and $2 million in furnishings which took several years to purchase and install. [5] Walsh's daughter Evalyn Walsh married Edward Beale "Ned" McLean ...
Correspondence, memoranda, business and legal records, notes, printed matter, scrapbooks, broadsides, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to McLean's leading role in the social life of Washington, D.C. Business records relate chiefly to the Colorado mining interests of her father, Thomas F. Walsh, and the Walsh family as well as to the publishing interests of her husband, Edward ...
14 de ago. de 2006 · Former home of: Evalyn Walsh McLean (Mining Heiress, Socialite, Last Owner of the Hope Diamond) Located: 3308 R St. NW, near Wisconsin Ave NW This was the final home of Evalyn Walsh McLean, flashy owner of the 44.5 carat Hope Diamond. Her childhood home, built by Tom Walsh to upstage rivals among Washington's burgeoning nouveaux riches, still stands at 2020 Massachusetts Avenue and is now the ...
The Hope was later acquired by the Paris firm of Cartier, which sold it in 1911 to Evalyn Walsh McLean, the daughter of a wealthy Colorado gold miner. Mrs. McLean died in 1947, and her jewelry collection, including the Hope diamond, was sold to Harry Winston to help settle claims against her estate.
18 de nov. de 2019 · Evalyn Walsh McLean, a mining heiress and socialite, circa 1915. Pierre Cartier sold the Hope Diamond to her in 1910, providing publicity to the Cartier business.
15 de abr. de 2016 · After McLean’s death in 1947, a developer carved her 20-room mansion into separate residences. One of those sections is up for sale. The core of the house was built in the mid-19th century by ...
