THE CORAL PARURE of the Queen of MADAGASCAR
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Hello , in this collage we can admire the finery of the last Queen of Madagascar including the impressive set of coral and the many more modest demi-parure with turquoises and other hair-pins. They are all exposed to the provisional Royal Museum here in Antananarivo capital of the island until the completion of the reconstruction of the Queen’s Palace in 2010. Every last rulers of Madagascar have resided in this palace.
Here are two photos of the Coral set belonging to Queen Ranavalona III (1861-1917): tiara (1) and full dress (2).
1 The Coral Tiara of the Queen RANAVALONA III of Madagascar :
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2623/adiadmeenoretpoiresdecoib2.jpg
2 A part of the last Queen of Madagascar’s Coral full dress :
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/769/etlaparurecomplteenoretin8.jpg
It is a red coral full dress gold-mounted presented by France President in November 1886 including: a tiara, a large mirror necklace and a small one, a brooch, a bracelet and two pairs of earring pendants. We can see the mirror necklace exposed in the window to the right of the tiara on the bottom of the photo collage. The coral is not often used in other monarchies in the world but on our island, the coral is reserved for nobility and exclusively to the sovereign at royalty period.
Unfortunately, there‘s no pic of the Queen wearing this gem.
Here's a bigger picture of Queen :
Imageshack - 04queenranavalonaiiiofm
Imageshack - 06part1collage1ranavalo
Hello , in this collage we can admire the finery of the last Queen of Madagascar including the impressive set of coral and the many more modest demi-parure with turquoises and other hair-pins. They are all exposed to the provisional Royal Museum here in Antananarivo capital of the island until the completion of the reconstruction of the Queen’s Palace in 2010. Every last rulers of Madagascar have resided in this palace.
Here are two photos of the Coral set belonging to Queen Ranavalona III (1861-1917): tiara (1) and full dress (2).
1 The Coral Tiara of the Queen RANAVALONA III of Madagascar :
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2623/adiadmeenoretpoiresdecoib2.jpg
2 A part of the last Queen of Madagascar’s Coral full dress :
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/769/etlaparurecomplteenoretin8.jpg
It is a red coral full dress gold-mounted presented by France President in November 1886 including: a tiara, a large mirror necklace and a small one, a brooch, a bracelet and two pairs of earring pendants. We can see the mirror necklace exposed in the window to the right of the tiara on the bottom of the photo collage. The coral is not often used in other monarchies in the world but on our island, the coral is reserved for nobility and exclusively to the sovereign at royalty period.
Unfortunately, there‘s no pic of the Queen wearing this gem.
Here's a bigger picture of Queen :
Imageshack - 04queenranavalonaiiiofm
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