Lady Curzon, Vicereine of India [1] |
NOTES, PHOTO CREDITS, AND LINKS
1. Detail of a colorized picture postcard of Lady Curzon wearing the famous Worth “peacock” dress at the 1903 Durbar festivities; source here.
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Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Lady Curzon, Vicereine of India [1] |
NOTES, PHOTO CREDITS, AND LINKS
1. Detail of a colorized picture postcard of Lady Curzon wearing the famous Worth “peacock” dress at the 1903 Durbar festivities; source here.
Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden wearing pearls [1] |
Margaret of Connaught on her wedding day in 1905 [3] |
NOTES, PHOTO CREDITS, AND LINKS
1. Detail of Swedish picture postcard published in Stockholm in 1920. Caption reads “Kronprinssessan Margareta.” Image in the public domain; source here.
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Winterhalter [1] |
Alexandra of Denmark, then Princess of Wales, wears diamond stars on the bodice of her gown [4] |
A trove of diamond star ornaments is also found in the collection of the Dutch royal family. These stars were first owned by Queen Emma, who in 1879 received multiple sets as wedding gifts. The current generation of Dutch royal ladies wears the stars in various ways, but their most important outing in recent years was at the wedding of the current king and queen in 2002. Máxima used five of the ten-pointed diamond stars atop the base of the Pearl Button Tiara as her wedding diadem [7]
One of the most impressive examples of a nineteenth-century diamond star jewel is the Diadem of the Stars, which today is housed with the collection of crown jewels from the former royal family of Portugal. It was constructed for Queen Maria Pia of Portugal in 1863, at the time when Sisi’s stars were becoming a matter of public fascination [8]. It also features a coordinating necklace.
The Diadem of the Stars [9] |