Queen Alexandra shortened the tiara Archived Message
Posted by Beth on August 3, 2016, 4:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Louise of Denmark wearing a kokoshnik tiara"
Christian's photo of Queen Louise (which Malluu re-posted above) has been intriguing me. According to Roberts (page 102 footnote 3) the jewel originally had 77 diamond bars when photographed for Queen Alexandra's inventory. He states that 16 of the smallest bars were removed later, but does not say by whom. If people try to count the bars in the photo of Queen Louise, it is clear that there are not 38 bars visible, which indicates that Queen Alexandra was the person who altered the tiara.
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