Creation: The tiara was supposedly first worn in 1804 at the Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I by Désirée Clary, the future Queen Désirée of Sweden & Norway, and the tiara has been altered many times since then. It was originally a set of sprays that could be worn in the hair and was later formed into a wreath worn around the head. In 1947, Queen Ingrid had brooches from the parure added to make it a fuller tiara worn on top of the head. In 2010, Crown Princess Mary had the tiara altered by Marianne Dulong to make it shorter and more rounded. In 2017, Dulong altered it again so that the tiara now slightly larger and has a high point in the center.
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1947 version
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2010 version
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Materials: rubies and diamonds set in gold and silver
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Queen Alexandrine
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Queen Ingrid
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Provenance:
- Queen Désirée of Sweden & Norway née Clary; from her husband, King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden & Norway
- Queen Josephine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1860
- Queen Louise of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; from her grandmother on the occasion of her 1869 marriage to King Frederick VIII of Denmark
- Queen Alexandrine of Denmark née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1898 marriage to King Christian X of Denmark
- Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1935 marriage to King Frederick IX of Denmark
- Crown Princess Mary of Denmark née Donaldson; inherited by her husband, Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, from his grandmother in 2000 and given to her on the occasion of their 2004 marriage.
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Princess Benedikte
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Queen Ingrid
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Other Wearers:
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Crown Princess Mary
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Crown Princess Mary
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Questions:
- Which jeweler created the parure?
- Which jeweler did the 1947 alterations on the tiara for Queen Ingrid?
- Are there any pictures of Queen Désirée, Queen Josephine, or Queen Louise wearing this tiara?
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Crown Princess Mary
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Crown Princess Mary
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Links:
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Crown Princess Mary
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Crown Princess Mary
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Photos: Danish Royal Court/Marianne Dulong/De Kongelige Juveler
I love this parure and thought Queen Ingrid's enhancemen was both practical and beautiful. But I feel that it has lost it's airy lightness and beauty with the rubies swamped by the leaves and the whole thing looking heavy and bulky since Mary changed it. The photo's above illustrate the change quite clearly.
ReplyDeleteI realise that the tiara base did not fit easily on Mary's head and it had to be shortened, and that she uses the left over peices as hair ornaments, etc. but could she not just have had a new frame made?
The original setting looked better. Why dismantling such an historical tiara?
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