memory-of-the-romanovs:The Kochli Sapphire Tiara. Made in 1894 by Friedrich Koechli, part of a par
memory-of-the-romanovs: The Kochli Sapphire Tiara. Made in 1894 by Friedrich Koechli, part of a parure consists of a corsage ornament or brooch, a tiara and a necklace. Commissioned by Tsar Alexander III and Tsarina Marie Feodorovna for the last Tsarina of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, nee Pss Alix of Hesse upon her marriage to their son Nicholas II the same year. Intertwined scrolls in which 16 sapphires are set mounted in gold; the diamonds are mounted in silver and linked with gold. -- source link
#alexandra feodorovna#empresses#fashion#19th century#reblog