The Dutch Festoon Tiara

Photos (clockwise from top left): Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (with necklace); Princess Margriet of the Netherlands; Queen  Máxima of the Netherlands; tiara detail


Often when a tiara can also be converted into a necklace, bracelet, or series of brooches, the piece starts first as a tiara. This Dutch tiara, the Festoon, went the other way around: it began as a necklace and was later