Posted by Lucas on May 6, 2014, 10:05 am, in reply to "Mourning"
In the Netherlands pearls were also called "tranen der liefde" (tears of love) and that automatically tells you that they may be used for funerals. White diamonds are permissible too, but coloured stones never...
--Previous Message-- : French Queens wore white and black as mourning : colours. : : Pearls were used as mourning jewels, but : also diamonds (white). : : In later stages of mourning other options : were available. In the light mourning that : allowed lavender and grey, amethyst jewels : were worn also. : : --Previous Message-- : Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and QEII : have : worn pearls for funerals. : After QEQM's mother died, the Queen's : dresses for a State Visit to Paris were : changed to white and she wore pearls. It has : been said that she followed a royal custom : introduced by Mary Queen of Scots in wearing : white for mourning. : After seeing the photo in John R's post, I : wonder if the more recent example of Queen : Wilhelmina might have prompted QEQM's : decision to wear white. : How creative the Dutch Royal ladies have : been (and are) in wearing jewels. : Edit - In this instance I am referring to : how Queen Wilhelmina wore pearls attached to : her headdress. : : --Previous Message-- : Yes they are appropriate mourning Jewels. : Many : royal ladies have worn pearls to funerals : and during the official mourning period. A : good example is Queen Wilhelmina who was : photographed in 1934 wearing a white : mourning dress with Pearls after Prince : Hendrik had died. : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Did Royal Ladies wear pearls for funerals ? : --Previous Message-- : : They seem sapphires, so not mourning jewels : --Previous Message-- : In 1993, just after the death of HM King : Boudewijn. HM Queen Fabiola wore a few times : a set of unknow jewels. Could it be a kind : of mourning-jewels? : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
on May 6, 2014, 10:05 am, in reply to "