Naturecore - Leafy Tiaras

Tiara made of emeralds and black gold. It has several ivy leaves, each with a larger central emerald and studded with smaller emeralds. In between the leaves are green circular emeralds on thin wires that tremble with motion.

Today I'm bringing you 7 lovely, leafy tiaras! A bakers' half dozen, if you will. This first one is the Green Ivy Tiara created by Boucheron in 2003 for their Princess line of haute joaillerie. It was inspired, in part, from an 1890 necklace in the Boucheron archives. Created from emeralds set in black gold, it has 2 different sizes of leaf and both the leaves and the green "dewdrops" are set on thin wires so they tremble with movement.

The emerald and black gold Green Ivy tiara being displayed on brown velvet cushions.

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I often see this referred to as "Queen Rania's Green Ivy Tiara" as Rania of Jordan has worn this tiara to 2 events, a state banquet in Sweden and a Vanity Fair photo shoot. However, this tiara was only loaned to her and remains the property of Boucheron. It was also loaned to Dita von Teese for an event in 2007. If you click on the source link for the photos it will bring you to The Royal Watcher's blog post about this tiara and there are several pictures of both ladies wearing the tiara.

Diadem of translucent, enameled laurel leaves in a wreath formation in shades of green and yellow. There are small flowers in between the laurel leaves.

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This is an amazing yet also frustrating tiara. Amazing due to the exquisite enamel work, frustrating because this is just about the only picture online that I can find of this tiara! I found one other image where it's used for the cover of a book but the lighting is so harsh the leaves have lost all their color variation. This tiara was made around 1875 by Oluf Tostrup, a Norwegian goldsmith. I will put a link to info about him down in the rabbit hole. He apparently revived the art of vitreous enamel in Norway. This is a process where powdered glass is fused to a substrate by firing which creates a glassy surface.

Simple tiara with gold band and and upright enameled gold ivy leaves alternating with clusters of almost colorless chrysoberyl berries.

Created around 1890-1900 by Carlo & Arthur Giuliano, this is a simple yet pretty gold tiara with upright enameled, chased and engraved ivy leaves alternating with clusters of chrysoberyl berries. The leaves are so detailed!

Silver framed tiara with an arch of 8 ivy leaves, one of which has a small round diamond, in graduated sizes and topped by one large central ivy leaf with a large round diamond. The metalwork holding the ivy leaves is gold.

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If you've read my previous tiara posts, you know that I really appreciate a convertible tiara. This piece converts to a necklace. I also like looking at the back side of tiaras and this one had a decent picture so you get a front and back image. If you go to the source, there are even more images showing a close-up of the screws holding the tiara onto the frame and a view from above. What can I say? I enjoy tiara infrastructure! There was precious little information on this auction site listing other than it is made from 18K gold and green enamel set with old-cut diamonds. I'm not sure how I feel about the diamonds just plonked on the leaves like they are but the estimate for this was 30-35,000 SEK and it sold for 60,000 SEK so someone must not have minded at all!

Tiara with ivy leaves made from demantoid garnets of various shades of green. One of the leaves has diamonds partially outlining 2 edges and inbetween the leaves are round and teardrop-shaped clear stones in bevels. The base appears to be wrapped in brown velvet.

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This is another mystery tiara! I found it headlining this article which had a lot to say about various jewelry pieces and gemstones but nothing about this tiara! The tiara photo has a credit from Bonhams but I was unable to find this in their previous auctions. I tried doing an image search and was led to a Chinese site. The page is all about demantoid garnets, which are the stone in this tiara, but there isn't any information on it. So! A mystery tiara that is legit since it passed through Bonhams at some point but no idea who made it, when it was made or who wore it (and I suspect it was worn since the base is wrapped in dark brown velvet).

Nine naturalistic variegated ivy leaves of shaded translucent enameled gold supported by gold stems and vines.

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The brothers Giuliano made more than one leafy tiara! This time we have a tiara composed of 9 variegated ivy leaves of shaded translucent enamel on 18K gold and made sometime between 1895-1915. If you go to this auction site you can see some additional pictures that show the tiara mounted on its two-pronged hair comb.

Gold framed Laurel Tiara with enameled white branches with green enameled leaves and small clusters of diamonds among the leaves. The whole tiara is garlanded with a strand of pearls.

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We're going to finish up this post with the Laurel Tiara from René Lalique from around 1903-1905. Set on a gold frame, the branches are enameled white and the laurel leaves are green enamel. There are small clusters of diamonds set among the leaves and the whole tiara is garlanded with a string of pearls. This tiara currently resides at the Musée Lalique in Wingen-sur-Moder, France.

The same Laurel Tiara but from a slightly different view.

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The Laurel Tiara from a slightly different point of view.

I hope you've enjoyed this look at some leafy tiaras!

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