Re: Is not the Swedish aquamarine tiara of Madeleine... Archived Message
Posted by John R on May 28, 2012, 10:20 am, in reply to "Re: Is not the Swedish aquamarine tiara of Madeleine..."
I mean no harm to neither the fellow or gal that designed that odd thing, nor to its owner I simply have trouble appreciating these kinds of head ornaments. --Previous Message-- : Unkind voices like yours labeled the : aquamarine bandeau the 'cyclops tiara'. : : Perhaps this caused a tendency of Princess : Madeleine to sometimes bury it in her hair : and to wear it as far up on her head as : possible : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Both are very odd contraptions: they : resemble : a fish's open mouth and in the swedish case : one with a bugg trapped inside. : : --Previous Message-- : It has always been said that the aquamarine : bandeau tiara, Princess Madeleine's 18th : birthday gift from her parents, was worn by : Queen (then Crown Princess) Louise in the : 1920s and 30s, although I've never found an : original, reliable source for this : information. : Style-wise, it would certainly make sense to : date it back to the 1920s and worn low on : the forehead. : : Princess Madeleine at Märtha Louise of : Norway's wedding ten years ago: : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : : a art deco design? : : : : : : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : It looks very "modern" - not 19th : century at all. Perhaps there was something : contained in it. It also looks like a : single-strand diamond necklace mounted on a : frame - ? : : And BTW, was Princess Madeleine's tiara once : owned by CP Margaretha? I confess that also : seemed very modern to me (although I know : that she had a lot of "new" : jewelry, as opposed to existing family : pieces). : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : Thankx to Mia who posted this link in the : thread about the Garnet & Diamond : Kokoshnik Tiara of the late Countess of : Rosenborg I spent some hours looking after : interesting jewels. : : I found this tiara, quite nice and fit for a : young princess. Elisabeth, Amalia,...?? : : It reminds me of the small diamond and : aquamarine tiara from Sweden. : : : : : : : : : http://www.bukowskis.com/auctions/568/1096-diadem-antikslipade-diamanter-tot-ca-7-8-ct-1800-tal?q=tiara : : I confess that I don't find the above tiara, : or ones like it, to be at all appealing. : : I think it has a tendancy to look unfinished : and I really do not like the spacing between : either row. : : It also reminds me somewhat of the tiara : worn by Princess Madeleine to the Danish : Crown Princely wedding in 2004. And even : with the central aquamarine, that tiara too : failed to allure my attention for the right : reasons. Really uninspiring I thought and a : "waste" of a good stone. : : RE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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