Queen Máxima Jewels 1: 2013 - 2021

[Duc_et_Pair]

Dear Valentino,

Please make me one of those outfits. Love it! Is the necklace included?

That collier looks sparkling and modern, but it is 116 years old. It was a gift from the Dowager Queen Emma to her daughter Queen Wilhelmina for her marriage to Heinrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in 1901.
;-)

 

[ladongas]

That collier looks sparkling and modern, but it is 116 years old. It was a gift from the Dowager Queen Emma to her daughter Queen Wilhelmina for her marriage to Heinrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in 1901.
;-)

Thanks- I assumed it was from the marvelous Dutch jewel vaults, but it does indeed look very modern.

 

[Tilia C.]

I know most people might disagree,but i really really prefer the Peacock parure over the Mellerio ...

Me too! The peacock tiara is one of my favourite Dutch tiaras, while the Mellerio bores me a bit.

queen maxima at a Dinner in Wittenberg, Germany wearing the trellis-necklace , the diamond studs from Queen Wilhelmina's diamond earrings and what i think is one of the diamond bracelets that were made of the dismantled East Indies bracelet .

That necklace is very high on my list of favourites, but imo this outfit does not show it to advantage.

 

[Winnie]

That collier looks sparkling and modern, but it is 116 years old. It was a gift from the Dowager Queen Emma to her daughter Queen Wilhelmina for her marriage to Heinrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in 1901.
;-)

Yes, one of my favorites. It is called their Diamond Honey Comb necklace. The middle row contains the larger diamonds which can be replaced with Sapphires, Pearls, etc. Princess Irene favored wearing with pearls and have seen photos of Queen Juliana and Queen Beatrix wearing with the Sapphires. Princess Margriet wore once in hair which gave a tiara type look. The only time I didn't admire was when Queen Wilhelmina attached additional pendants of large drop pears and diamonds. I thought took away the simple grandeur of the necklace. JMO

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

We have seen Queen Máxima in the diamond floral motif diadem of Queen Emma: http://hbznl.h-cdn.co/assets/16/45/980x653/gettyimages-621562718.jpg

Without the stars on top. Also Queen Beatrix has never worn it with stars on top. I only know it with stately portraits depicting Queen Wilhelmina.

But here on this picture it can be seem in action, worn in the royal loge during a concert. It looks better than I imagined. Click on the picture self to blow up to XL: http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/...yODIxMDE1JnJvbGU9aW1hZ2Umc2l6ZT12YXJpYWJsZQ==

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

Queen Wilhelmina once attached pearshaped pearl pendants to this trellis necklace, in combination with the Antique Pearl Diadem. I must say it looked quite impressive and absolutely an option for Queen Máxima to dazzle...

Picture (click on the picture itself to expand to XL): De dag wordt beëindigd met een galaconcert in het Concertgebouw. Staande luisteren de koningin en het prinselijk paar naar de kooruitvoering van het Wilhelmus - Geheugen van Nederland

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Tiara Thursday: The Ruby Peacock Parure, Revisited

Interesting tiara but I don't like it.

Its certainly more visible on Queen Máxima ,half of it vanished inside Beatrix hairstyle but I'm not a fan either.

 

[maria-olivia]

I am a Nostalgic of the Queens of the Past with their grand jewels without such a lot of make up.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

I am a Nostalgic of the Queens of the Past with their grand jewels without such a lot of make up.

To my idea all Queens wore lots of make-up, but in the black-white and analogue era cameras did not have that millions mega-pixel sharpness of these days...

Elizabeth II: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f7/09/f9/f709f99ed36536f5182c1ccca767eb38.jpg

 

[maria-olivia]

Jewels , powder and lipstick . Make up was for Holywood.

 

[Marengo]

Queen Wilhelmina certainly did not wear (much) make-up. And neither did princess Juliana before her marriage to Bernhard. Once princess Juliana -already an adult- had to appear on film, to request money for the national crisis comitee. It was suggested by the people resonsible for the recording that she would wear some make-up. Queen Wilhelmina refused and told them: "The princess will appear how God and I created her". And so she did...

Anyway, back to the diamond tiara: I find it an odd combination, flowers and stars. But I would love to see them together once to see take a better look.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

Jewels , powder and lipstick . Make up was for Holywood.

All royal ladies used make-up, lipstick, powder. Think about Versailles, about Tudor times, the Romans... Think about the Chinese, Japanese and Persian ladies, covering their faces under make-up...

In this day, on more dressed-up events we see all ladies with heavy make-up. Seems normal to me: wearing evening toilet and sparkling jewels simply requires colour in the face, I think.

 

[Tilia C.]

Queen Wilhelmina once attached pearshaped pearl pendants to this trellis necklace, in combination with the Antique Pearl Diadem. I must say it looked quite impressive and absolutely an option for Queen Máxima to dazzle...

Picture (click on the picture itself to expand to XL): De dag wordt beëindigd met een galaconcert in het Concertgebouw. Staande luisteren de koningin en het prinselijk paar naar de kooruitvoering van het Wilhelmus - Geheugen van Nederland

On another note: which tiara is (then) Princess Juliana wearing here? It looks somehow like the laurel wreath tiara, but can that be? For all we knew, it wasn't seen worn by anybody before Princess Beatrix started to wear it.

 

[Marengo]

Isn't it the rose-cut bandeau on a higher frame? She may have borrowed the tiara from her mother, as she did with other jewels too. At the time she probably only owned the Aquamarine parure, aquamarines from Bernhard, the diamond roses and the sapphire parure of Queen Emma.

 

[Tilia C.]

You might be right about the rose-cut bandeau, but I thought that this one looks higher, and we have never seen it on another frame before.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

Yes, the bandeau with old rose-cut diamonds on a different monture:

Willem Mengelberg dirigeert het Concertgebouworkest, in aanwezigheid van de koninklijke familie en talloze vertegenwoordigers uit de hogere lagen van de Amsterdamse samenleving - Geheugen van Nederland

(Click on the picture for XL) Note all ladies with opera gloves and the ostrich feathers. Those were the days. A night at the Opera...

 

[prince.of.preslav]

The positioning of the bandeau is different, not the monture. It you look at modern side views of it being worn (for example by Máxima), you'll see the same curve visible as in the picture of young Princess Juliana.

BTW, there is not a single rose-cut diamond in this jewel, so I'm surprised that people still reffer to it as ''The (old) rose-cut diamond bandeau'', when it's cushion-cut diamonds that adorn it.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

As long as I frequent these boards the term "the bandeau with rose-cut diamonds" is used. I have never realised if that name was correct or not. I have no idea what cut the stones are.

The frame indeed shows a flowing line: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dKYbuOIKc...4Sk/s1600/Sparkling+Diamond+Bandeau+Tiara.jpg

 

[Tilia C.]

I guess that 'rose-cut' just sounds so very lovely. So the name sticks to the tiara like glue. But a rose-cut looks decidedly different, and much more boring.

The flowing line of the tiara frame is what make it just so perfect, imo. It's no wonder that Maxima has worn it so often.

 

[duke of poliganc]

the ruby peacock parure necklace different forms .

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

the ruby peacock parure necklace different forms .

I am impressed by the skills of Johann Eduard Schürmann & Co in Frankfurt, the creator of this parure in 1887. Like almost all Orange-Nassau jewels, also the versatility of this parure is ingenious.

 

[Tilia C.]

the ruby peacock parure necklace different forms .

Interesting picture. I think the necklace would also look nice if worn without the stiff upper part. Just the scroll elements and a centre piece. But I'm not sure it that is technically possible.

 

[duke of poliganc]

Interesting picture. I think the necklace would also look nice if worn without the stiff upper part. Just the scroll elements and a centre piece. But I'm not sure it that is technically possible.

it is possible princess irene wore the necklace in that form , i think it looked more delicate that way .

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

Queen Juliana and Queen Máxima wore the collier with the base on their dress' neckline. The stiff round base then corresponded with the round neckline. Princess Irene wore it on her skin. Then the removed base allows the collier to follow the ladies' contours. It is an ingenious piece.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

queen maxima at a Dinner in Wittenberg, Germany wearing the trellis-necklace , the diamond studs from Queen Wilhelmina's diamond earrings and what i think is one of the diamond bracelets that were made of the dismantled East Indies bracelet .

It is interesting that in 1901 Johann Eduard Schürmann & Co was able to create such a fine piece of craftmanship, while only a few years earlier they created that bulky monstrosity, the Stuart Diadem, where any fine craftmanship, delicate settings and pleasing esthetics have been lost out of the eye. It is interesting that the very same jeweller can create such different eh... qualities in design.

 

[Tilia C.]

it is possible princess irene wore the necklace in that form , i think it looked more delicate that way .

Ah, thank you! I prefer that look, especially as it's worn on the skin. The version with the collar looks very stiff, imho.

It is interesting that in 1901 Johann Eduard Schürmann & Co was able to create such a fine piece of craftmanship, while only a few years earlier they created that bulky monstrosity, the Stuart Diadem, where any fine craftmanship, delicate settings and pleasing esthetics have been lost out of the eye. It is interesting that the very same jeweller can create such different eh... qualities in design.

Oh well. Doesn't that happen very often? Live is full of hits and misses. There are different people working on the designs, the customers order different styles, the designers have good days and not so good ones... The Stuart parure was created in order to dazzle by pure carat power. And that it does! I think we can agree on that.

 

[duke of poliganc]

another picture of princess irene wearing the nicklace without the base and the peacock feather at queen juliana's 25th wedding anniversary .

 

[duke of poliganc]

Maxima Glitters in Royal Paradise | The Court Jeweller
i love every individual piece but not to sure about them together .

 

[cdm]

Queen Máxima Jewellery 30.4.2013 -

Charlotte Lynggaard posted a picture of Maxima with her gypsy earrings on her instagram.

https://instagram.com/p/BQugaY_BE_4/

Lynggaard is a favourite of Mary.

 

[duke of poliganc]

didn't know where to put this picture so i'm gonna put it here this is a photo of the emerald parure brooch in it's different forms .