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Grand Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (born Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia) wears a palmette tiara backed with a fabric kokoshnik, ca. 1896. I believe the whereabouts of this piece are currently unknown; although it bears some visual similarities shape-wise with the Alexandrine Diamond Drop Tiara, which was owned by Anastasia’s daughter (Queen Alexandrine of Denmark), the tiaras are not the same