Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Seven Emeralds Tiara



Photos (clockwise from top left): Empress Farah Pahlavi; Empress Farah Pahlavi; Empress Farah Pahlavi; tiara detail; Empress Farah Pahlavi




In the 1950s and 1960s, it was hard to compete with the Pahlavi family in terms of sheer glitter power. This tiara was one of several that Farah Diba received when she married the last emperor of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1958.



This tiara, named

0 comments:

Post a Comment