Re: Cameo tiara Empress Josephine HQ pic Archived Message
Posted by mauriz on October 24, 2014, 1:56 am, in reply to "Re: Cameo tiara Empress Josephine HQ pic"
Dear Arthur, how polite of you to thank me for a HQ image when there was clearly no need for it: Your own pictures show the details much better. Thanks for that and for the comprehensive information about the tiara, even more so for your personal account. From a purely aesthetic point of view I would have preferred the tiara without the small metal appliqués *within* the medaillons which seem arbitrary and formally disconnected and only distract from the bold design. What I do find interesting though are the foliate elements at the sides which run through the medaillons - not consistent with the rest of the design, but an eye-catching alternative. I'd be interested to learn more about the construction. In the second to last picture the front part seems doubled or backed with another layer of shell and a layer of metal in between? The metal band complementing the tiara to a full circle is probably a later addition?
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