Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco's Wedding ParureArchived Message
Posted by malluu on July 12, 2015, 6:14 pm
I was browsing through Getty's archives (as one does on a boring afternoon) and I came across these pictures of the jewellery Princess Lalla Salma wore to her wedding. The caption simply says, "Wedding Jewels of Salma, The Wife of King Mohammed VI of Morocco" and they are dated January 3, 2002 and tagged Paris Match Archive.
The most interesting thing about these pictures is that they show that the tiara Princess Lalla Salma wore to Queen Beatrix's dinner was not her wedding necklace on a tiara frame as was assumed at the time but a completely separate piece. Previous Discussion http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/archive/1368389150.html
Princess Lalla Salma at her wedding in July 2002. She is wearing the earrings, necklace, and fibulae (the brooches with connecting chain) of the parure along with a different tiara.
Princess Lalla Salma at the dinner before Queen Beatrix's abdication in April 2013. She is wearing the tiara, earrings, belt, and bracelet of the parure.
I'm dying to know who created the parure. I've read Boucheron, Chaumet, and Chopard on different message boards and forums as the creators of Princess Lalla Salma's wedding jewellery but they may have been referencing the meander tiara and not this parure. Do anyone know anything else or perhaps have some old copies of Paris Match?