Posted by Lucas on July 24, 2014, 9:48 am, in reply to "Re: Mourning jewels"
Nowadays are hardly ever used anymore, as Arthur already stated. Yesterday in Eindhoven the Queen did't wear a brooch for instance. What is still done, is wearing pearls as 'tears of love'. Diamonds are allowed, as they have no colour. Coloured stones are a definite no-no! Right after the death of her husband King Willem III of the Netherlands in 1890, during the mourning period, his widow Queen Regent Emma had in 1891 an official picture taken, not with the Mellerio ruby tiara, but with its silver working model, without stones.
--Previous Message-- : Mourning jewels are rarely seen on pictures, : as mourning people usually do not make : photosessions. And the tradition of long : mourning periods, during which only dark : jewels are allowed, tend to disappear. : Nowadays, mourning royal or princely ladies : usually just wear black clothes with : "normal" diamond and/or pearl : jewels. : : I have these two pictures of the late : Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of : Halland, wearing black jewels. I do not know : when and for which occasion these pictures : were taken, so I do not know if Princess : Lilian was really mourning or if she decided : to wear these jewels just because she wanted : to... : : : : : There is also a mourning tiara, made of : black jet, in the collection of Malmaison : Castle, the former private home of Empress : Joséphine of the French, now a museum (in : Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris). The tiara : belonged to Joséphine's daughter, Hortense, : Queen of Holland. It was bequeathed in 1837 : by Queen Hortense to her lady-in-waiting, : Valérie Masuver, whose descendants gave it : to the Malmaison Museum in 1939. : : : : : A better view of this tiara can be seen : here: : : http://diamantsdelacouronne.free.fr/1er%20Empire/slides/Diademe%20de%20deuil%20de%20la%20reine%20Hortense.html : : http://diamantsdelacouronne.free.fr/1er%20Empire/slides/Diademe%20de%20deuil%20de%20la%20reine%20Hortense%202.html : : : PS: I share your grief and that of the : Australian people, and all other people : concerned by the Ukrainian air catastrophe. : Here in France, we have just learnt a few : hours ago that another plane, from Air : Algeria, with dozens of French people on : board, had gone missing during its flight : scheduled between Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso) : and Algiers (Algeria)... : : : : --Previous Message-- : Could fellow members of this board post : images : of royals wearing mourning jewels in honour : of those who died in the plane brought down : in the Ukraine? : As an Australian I mourn for my fellow : citizens, as I know that the Dutch people : and those of other nationalities do also for : their fellow citizens. : My condolences to all those affected no : matter what their nationality. : : : : : : : :
on July 24, 2014, 9:48 am, in reply to "