Daisy Edgar-Jones Rewears Centuries-Old Necklace While Promoting Sense and Sensibility

While in New York City ahead of the U.S. premiere of Sense and Sensibility, Daisy Edgar-Jones rewore a historic pendant she first debuted last month.

The agate pendant, source from Boucheron’s private archives, was created in 1877. It “combines yellow gold, silver, and diamonds with agate whose natural inclusions form a landscape of foliage in shades of brown and pink. Framed by delicately chased gold ornamentation, the jewel reflects the 19th-century taste for intimate, deeply symbolic pieces. Like a secret kept close, the locket could hold a miniature portrait or personal message,” per the jeweler.

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A closer look at the jewelry.

Edgar-Jones first wore the historic piece of jewelry to the Sense and Sensibility world premiere in London last month; yesterday’s outing, to NBC Studios in midtown New York City, was a much more casual affair.

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Edgar-Jones attends the Sense and Sensibility world premiere, September 15.

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Edgar-Jones seen arriving at the NBC Studios in NYC, October 13.

In the film, Edgar-Jones stars as Elinor Dashwood. “I tried to be respectful but not reverent,” screenwriter Diana Reid tells T&C about adapting Jane Austen’s classic. “I was very open to changing things. We sat with the book for quite a long time in development and thought a lot about what we would change. We did a lot of work on romance between Eleanor and Edward; we had to do a lot of work on making it feel like the men were worthy of those two sisters.”

She added, “That’s probably a legitimate reading of the book, which is that it is about two women who were constrained by society and ultimately settle, and that wasn’t the story that we wanted to tell. We wanted to tell a story about two women who find a narrow path to victory and their virtue is rewarded and they find these amazing relationships where they can be their true selves. We had to take some liberties with the text to get there.”

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