Empress Farah Diba Jewellery

[msfroyste]

she has said that she felt that if they weren't going to return to iran, then she would no longer have any need for a tiara or any of her other jewels, which is why she never took any of the major pieces - to the knowledge of the general public. but who knows...

[abir]

Originally Posted by msfroyste

she has said that she felt that if they weren't going to return to iran, then she would no longer have any need for a tiara or any of her other jewels, which is why she never took any of the major pieces - to the knowledge of the general public. but who knows...

I think the Pahlavi family' treasures (palaces, lands, etc) in Iran was very valuable, and being in their country counts a lot than jeweleries, even the jeweleries could be taken easily than lands-palaces, ... I don't know details how they left Iran and if they couldn't bring with them all what they had, but I guess at that time, it was more important for them to leave the country safe than with jeweleries.

[sol_anglada]

Originally Posted by abir

I think the Pahlavi family' treasures (palaces, lands, etc) in Iran was very valuable, and being in their country counts a lot than jeweleries, even the jeweleries could be taken easily than lands-palaces, ... I don't know details how they left Iran and if they couldn't bring with them all what they had, but I guess at that time, it was more important for them to leave the country safe than with jeweleries.

Many times I have read that the left of Iran was so quickly that the royal couple hardly had enough time to get with them what they could wear, and clearly they didn't took jewels, money and things that they had as king and queen of Iran when they ruled their country.

[salma]

Farah Diba jewels:

this´s a recent pic of Empress January 23, 2005

[abir]

Recent pictures of Farah Diba, during: Steiger Award, 2005-01-24 from fotomarktplatz.de

[abir]

Old pictures of Farah diba and Shah, from fotomarktplatz.de

[sol_anglada]

Thanks Abir for psting this pictures of the Empress Farah !!
Sol

[Blueice]

I have just uploaded some photos from the Teheran Coronation and The Celbration in Persepolis in the 'Iranian Crown Jewels' thread and decided to share some of those here. Empress Farah looked truly magnificent. Enjoy.

Credits for below posted images: http://www.angelfire.com/empire/imperialiran/index.html - The Coronation in Teheran

[Blueice]

Because the Imperial Jewels could not leave Iran, the construction of the Empress of Iran’s Crown had to take place in Teheran, although a replica was made for display in the Place Vendôme, the headquarters of Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris. It took Pierre Arpels over 20 trips and 6 months between Paris and Teheran before the completion of his illustrious job. Other jewels created for the Empress of Iran included her earrings and a magnificent diamond, emerald and pearl necklace.
The Treasure of Iran had been accumulated for centuries and many of the jewels from the various dynasties were kept, creating the most incredible ensemble. After the revolution of 1979, the Imperial Family left all the jewels, which belonged to the State, behind and they are kept in the National Bank in Teheran, where they can be visited.

This rather unique crown is the one worn by the Shahbanou of Iran on the 26th October 1967, thus the Empress of Iran’s Crown. Weighting only 1.950 kg, the crown is admirable for its elegance and oriental aspect, mingled with modernity. The crown includes 1545 stones mounted in white gold: 36 rubies, 36 emeralds, 105 pearls and 1469 diamonds, all selected from the loose gems of the treasure. The largest emerald is to be seen in the centre of the biggest sunburst, in the front of the crown.

The attire of the Empress of Iran, one of the most elegant women of the world, during the Coronation of Teheran had been a subject of speculation for weeks. The revelation came as Her Imperial Majesty entered the Grand Hall of the Golestan Palace of Teheran. Then it was possible to admire her admirably grand dress in all its magnificence. Designed by Marc Bohan, designer of Christian Dior in Paris, the white dress was woven and cut in Iran by Iranian women. It had very small and discreet embroideries of brilliants and it had an impressive train of five meters.
The magnificent white dress contrasted sharply with the colours of the ceremony and gave the Empress a unique serenity. Never had a queen worn such a simultaneously simple and magnificent dress at a coronation. Over it, the Shahbanou of Iran wore a simple cornflower blue sash (with two long golden tassels at the end) from which hung the badge. It was the Nishan-i-Aryamehr, or the Order of the Light of the Aryans, created by the Shah exactly one month before, on the 26th September 1967, in honour of his wife. The Empress wore the star of this order, of which she received the First Class, reserved for female sovereigns or consorts. A second class was reserved for the princesses, who wore it at the Coronation.

Just before her coronation, a magnificent Imperial Robe was placed above Empress Farah’s shoulders. Perhaps the most amazing robe ever to be made, the green velvet cloth was a superb masterpiece, also designed by Marc Boham from Dior but again woven, cut and finalized in Iran, by Iranians. That colour was chosen because green is the colour of the descendants of the Prophet. The gold embroidery in the green velvet, though, gave it the most extraordinary look. But it was not only gold, since the whole length of the train (longer than the train of the white dress) was embroidered with diamonds, rubies and emeralds. The back of the robe was especially magnificent, with the Pahlavi arms embroidered in gold surrounded by a profusion of gold embroideries with alternating rubies and emeralds. The whole robe and train were bordered with vison. Although tremendously magnificent, the Empress’ robe had the very unique characteristic of being extremely different from all the robes ever seen, ever made, or ever imagined. It could not be compared to the British Coronation robes, it could not be compared with the French Coronation robes, it could not be compared with the Austrian Coronation robes: it was, quite simply, uniquely beautiful and different.

[Blueice]

Around her neck, the Empress wore the most splendid diamond and emerald necklace and matching earrings, from the Crown Jewels, ordered at Van Cleef & Arpels for the Coronation, along with the Empress’ Crown but made essentially in Teheran by Pierre Arpels. The necklace, mounted in platinum and gold, is composed by an enormous engraved hexagonal emerald, mounted in pendant and surrounded by diamonds of old cut, of four big square emeralds and five smaller ones, (all surrounded by diamonds), four hanging pear pearls and eleven yellow diamonds of very good size. Her Imperial Majesty wore no tiara and had her hair done to match the exact size of the Empress of Iran’s Crown.

[abir]

Originally Posted by sol_anglada

Thanks Abir for psting this pictures of the Empress Farah !!
Sol

You are welcome sol :)
I add down more ...

[abir]

More of Farah Diba earrings. Pictures from polfoto, gettyimages and corbis.

[abir]

It looks like QN and Farah Diba have the same earrings ... and in both colors :)
Pictures from gettyimages, corbis and polfoto.

[abir]

Wonderful pictures of Farah Diba, Shan and palaces in Iran, from http://www.worldisround.com/articles/73022/

Few pictures from the above site (and captions for 1st, 3rd and 4th pictures):

1st picture- Coronation of Empress Farah of Iran: The Nader throne in the background is studded with an array of some 53,000 precious gems - mostly rubies, emeralds and diamonds, set in a base of 23k gold.

In 1967 Tehran was the scene of one of the most glittering and pompous coronations of the century, as Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was crowned to become the "Shahanshah" of Iran. "Shahanshah" is a royal Persian title which has a similar definiton as "emperor" and literally translates to "King of Kings" and dates back some 2500 years ago to the reign of King Cyrus the Great, the first "Shahanshah" of Iran. Queen Farah Diba was on the same day crowned to become "Empress Farah" of Iran, or in Persian; "Shahbaanou" of Iran. Color TV had just made it to the stores, although only the rich could afford it. And lucky were those who could see this glittering event in color, and even luckier were those who could see it in person.


3rd picture- New Year Ceremony - Iran: On "Nowrooz" the ancient Iranian new year, which marks the spring equinox, and begins with the first day of spring, the Shah's of Iran would according to tradition hold an audience at the imperial palace. This tradition dates back to the first Shah of Iran, King Cyrus the Great who ruled Iran some 2500+ years ago. In this audience, dignitaries and religious leaders from all around the world would stand in line for hours, until their turn would come to proceed towards the monarch and offer him their new year greetings. Here we see the Shah and Empress Farah, surrounded by the Imperial government of Iran, posing for their traditional New Years photo following the audience.

4th picture- The Empress wearing a turquoise and diamond tiara and matching earrings. The Empress fancied wearing dresses featuring old Persian patterns of the kind you see in the picture. She wore this outfit for the banquet in honor of President Nixon and his wife during their state visit to Iran.

[abir]

More from http://www.worldisround.com/articles/73022/

1- Coronation of Empress Farah of Iran: The cape worn by Empress Farah of Iran, aka as the "Shahbaanou" of Iran, is made of the finest dark-emerald green velvet, and studded with tens of thousands of precious gems - mostly diamonds, emeralds, rubies and pearls. It's 15 meters (49 feet) long and lined with white mink. The Imperial coat of arms of the Pahlavi Dynasty on the back of the cape is made in meticulous detail of gold and precious gems, and below it runs a an intricate pattern of Persian paisleys several meters long, also made up of diamonds, emeralds, rubies and pearls.

2- The Empress Coronation necklace of Iran: The very impressive necklace was used for the coronation of Empress Farah of Iran.

[abir]

Wonderful collection of Farah Diba Tiaras. Pictures posted in posts #66 to #75 belongs to http://groups.msn.com/RoyaltyDanjel/persindexw.msnw

Some of the pictures could be already posted by other TRF members.

Caption: HIM Empress Farah Pahlavi, born Farah Diba. A diamond and turquoise tiara, set in a peacock feather motiv. Current whereabouts and exact provenance unknown.

[abir]

Caption: Empress Farah Diba was the first woman in the 25 centuries of Persian history to be crowned empress. The shah himself put the crown on her head of gratitude to her contribution at the progression of Iran, especially her effort to improve the position of women. This all happened on 27. October 1967 in the imperial Palace of Teheran. Farah herself chose the design of this crown, which was made by the jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels form Paris. In the crown are the national colours of Iran; red, white and green. Although the crown is only 1600 grams (it had to be worn by a woman!), this piece of art consists of 1469 diamonds, 36 emeralds, 36 spinels (gems) and 105 pearls. The big six-angular emerald is 150 carat.

After the fall of the empire Farah had to leave this crown in Iran. In 1983 the Khomeiny-regime needed money, so they sold this piece to an English auction house.


Does someone know if the last information of the above caption is true? Thanks

[abir]

Caption: HM Empress Farah is wearing a tiara consisting of diamond leaves put on a base. Exact provenance and current whereabouts unknown.

[abir]

Caption: HM Empress Farah is wearing a diamond tiara of unknown provenance.

[abir]

Caption: In the Middle-East the marriage of a sovereign is a welcome occasion to have made a precious female jewel and Iran is no exeption! His Majesty Shah Mohammed Reze chose for his bride Farah this extraordinary beautiful wedding gift.

This tiara was designed by Harry Winston, the New York jeweller, and it was considered to be Farah's favorite tiara, since she was often seen wearing it on formal occasions.

There are seven large emeralds who are in total 219 cts (the largest one is 65 cts!) framed by diamonds on top of the tiara.