Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Hanoverian Clover Tiara



Photos (clockwise from top left): Princess Isabelle of Hanover; Princess Isabelle of Hanover; Princess Ortrud of Hanover; tiara detail


A nineteenth-century tiara trend that we don't get to see much in today's diadems is the use of clover or shamrock motifs (they're also sometimes referred to as trefoils). The Victorians loved a good shamrock motif. And why not -- the shamrock is not only used

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