Naasut Tiara

Creation:  In 2012, by Nicholas Appel using gold from melted down gold coins made in Greenland during the International Polar Year.  The tiara can be broken down into five brooches.

Queen Margrethe

Materials:  gold and diamonds


Provenance: 

1. Queen Margrethe of Denmark; from Greenland on the occasion of her 40th jubilee

Lannoy Tiara

Creation:  by Altenloh of Brussels

Materials:  diamonds and platinum gilded pearls set in platinum

Provenance: 

1. Count Philippe de Lannoy

Other Wearers: 

• Countess Christine de Lannoy; at her 1995 wedding to Count Bruno de Limburg Stirum
• Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg nee Countess de Lannoy; at her 2012 wedding to Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg

Countess Christine

Grand Duchess Stéphanie

Questions: 

• When was this tiara created?
• Did Stephanie's mother wear the tiara?
• Are there photos of Stephanie's sisters and sisters-in-law wearing the tiara?

Photos:  Cour Grand Ducale / Vic Fischbach

Floral Aquamarine Tiara

Queen Elizabeth II

Countess of Wessex

Creation:

Materials:  aquamarines

Provenance:

1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Other Wearers:

• Countess Sophie of Wessex; at the 2012 wedding of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg

Questions:

• Is this tiara part of Queen Elizabeth II's Brazilian Aquamarine Parure?
• What jeweller created this tiara?
• When was this tiara created?

Laurel Wreath Tiara

Princess Laurentien

Princess Maria Carolina

Creation: 

Materials:  diamonds

Provenance: 

1. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands; from her parents, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, on the occasion of her 18th birthday in 1956

Other Wearers: 

• Princess Christina of the Netherlands; 
  
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Mrs. van Vollenhoven;
• Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala; most notably at her 2012 wedding to Albert Brenninkmeijer
• Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands; most notably at her 2001 wedding to Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands

Princess Margriet

Queen Beatrix

Princess Christina

 

Questions:  

• Did this tiara belong to Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, Hereditary Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel?
• When was this tiara created?
• What jeweller created this tiara?
• Is this tiara part of the Orange-Nassau Family Foundation?

Photos:  Getty Images

Diamond Tiara

Creation:  in 1976 by Van Cleef & Arpels

Princess Grace

Materials:  144 pear, marquise, and round shaped diamonds weighing a total of 77.34 carats set in platinum

Provenance: 

1. Van Cleef & Arpels; seen in the Grace Kelly Year Exhibit and Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels at Cooper-Hewitt Museum in NYC

Other Wearers:

• Princess Grace of Monaco; at her daughter, Princess Caroline's pre-wedding ball in 1978
• Julia Roberts; in the 2012 movie Mirror, Mirror
• Lily Collins; in the 2012 movie Mirror, Mirror

Julia Roberts

Lily Collins

Photos:  Van Cleef & Arpels/Relativity Media

Emerald Bead Tiara

Creation: by Cartier in 1949

Materials:  diamonds and emeralds

Provenance:

1. Duchess of Windsor;

Duchess of Windsor

Duchess of Windsor

Questions:   What happened to this tiara?

Photos: National Portrait Gallery/Associated Press

Diamond Bandeau Tiara

Creation:  by Cartier in 1910

Materials:  diamonds set in platinum

Provenance:

1. Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians; in 1912
2. King Leopold III of the Belgians; inherited from his mother in 1965
3. Princess Lilian of Rethy; inherited from her husband in 1983
4. Cartier; bought from Princess Lilian

Queen Elisabeth

Princess Lilian

Photos:  Cartier 

Emerald Parure Tiara

Princess Maxima

Duchess of Parma

Creation:  Made in 1898-1899 by Eduard Schurmann & Co. in Frankfurt using emeralds brought to the Netherlands by Princess Wilhelmina of Orange, wife of Prince Willem V of Orange.  In the 1950s two of the top, pear-shaped emeralds were removed to make earrings and recently two round emeralds from the base of the tiara were put on the top of the tiara.  In 2001, the emeralds were replaced with diamonds and five drop pearls as a possible wedding tiara for Princess Maxima. 

Queen Wilhelmina

Queen Juliana

Queen Juliana

Materials:  emeralds and diamonds set in silver and gold with interchangeable pearls

Queen Juliana

Queen Beatrix

Queen Beatrix

Provenance:

1. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; from her mother Queen Emma of the Netherlands
2. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1962
3. Orange-Nassau Family Foundation; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s

Princess Margriet

Princess Margriet

Princess Margriet

Other Wearers:

• Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Dowager Duchess of Parma;
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands; both emerald and pearl settings
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Mrs. van Vollenhoven; both emerald and pearl settings
• Princess Maxima of the Netherlands; both emerald and pearl settings
• Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands; the pearl setting at the 2004 wedding of Crown Prince Frederick & Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
• Duchess Annemarie of Parma; the pearl setting at her 2010 wedding to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma

Princess Maxima

Princess Irene

Princess Laurentien

Questions:

• Will the two, top pear-shaped emeralds ever be replaced on the tiara?

Photos:  PPE

Ears of Wheat Tiara

Creation:  The eight ears of wheat were brooches that belonged to Queen Catherine of Wurttemberg, mother of Queen Sophie of the Netherlands. They were mounted on a tiara frame in the 1950s and it can be worn with four, six, or eight of the ears of wheat.

Materials:  diamonds set in silver

Queen Wilhelmina

Queen Juliana

Provenance:

1. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; wore the ears of wheat on a silk kokoshnik 
2. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1962
3. Orange-Nassau Family Foundations; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s

Princess Irene

Princess Margriet

Princess Christina

Other Wearers:

• Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Dowager Duchess of Parma; 
• Princess Christina of the Netherlands;
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Mrs. van Vollenhoven;
• Princess Marilene of Orange-Nassau; at her 1998 wedding to Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Annette of Orange-Nassau; at her 2000 wedding to Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno; at her 2001 wedding to Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn
• Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau; at her 2005 wedding to Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Aimee of Orange-Nassau; at her 2005 wedding to Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands;

Princess Marilene

Princess Margarita

Princess Annette

Questions: 

• When were the ears of wheat created?
• What jeweller created the ears of wheat?
• What jeweller put the ears of wheat onto the tiara?
  

Princess Anita

Princess Laurentien

Princess Aimee