everythingroyalty: get to know me meme || (01/10) tiaras/parures: The Russian Kokoshnik Tiara Also s
everythingroyalty:get to know me meme || (01/10) tiaras/parures: The Russian Kokoshnik TiaraAlso sometimes known as Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara because it was made for Alexandra of Denmark back when she was Princess of Wales in 1888. It was a silver wedding gift from The Ladies of Society to the future Queen and it was presumably modelled after one of Alexandra’s sister, Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia’s many kokoshniks (a traditional, Russian headdress made out of fabric but usually heavily bejewelled at the Russian Court). It was made by Garrard and consists of 488 diamonds. Today it is in the possession of Alexandra’s great-granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, who holds the tiara as a favourite of all the tiaras in her collection. -- source link
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