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Posted by Barbara D.
on June 6, 2012, 7:25 am, in reply to "Re: Delhi Durbar - Royal Collection"
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Nellie confirmed my guess, that it is a cap and hence the details of the tiara are much better visible than simply against the background of the photographer's studio.
I tried to enlarge a detail from the discussed portrait and one can well see the cap:
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: Ah! Thank you for the info, Nellie. The
: photograph is a good example of clearly
: showing the cap, then.
: It must have looked more than a bit odd in
: real life though... I wonder what it was
: made of - black velvet or felt, probably.
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: Boris - more than once I have read that the
: tiara was worn with a cap - as for a coronet
: or crown.
: I have collected lots of pics of it and mean
: to put them together to show the tiara from
: many angles in Delhi.
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: --Previous Message--
: Actually, I'm rather wondering about the
: backing of the Delhi Durbar tiara in this
: photograph...
: Is it due to a retouching process in order
: to bring out the tiara's outline more
: clearly (I don't think so), or is the tiara
: actually worn here against a very dark
: background sitting like a top hat's crown on
: Queen Mary's head?
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