What really puzzled me, I think, was the tridimensionality of the tiara: most tiaras are flat, or almost flat; but the Midnight tiara is actually bubbly, for lack of a better word. The metalwork that goes on behind the buds and leaves is also much heavier-looking than I would have thought, as is the accumulation of buds in the lower part of the tiara.
All of this became quite obvious when I saw it under museum lightning.
Like the tiara by Louise de la Laing, I think the Midnight Tiara is an interesting work, but on too big a scale to look right, especially when worn.
Yet, as the French saying goes, les goûts et les couleurs ne se discutent pas (roughly: taste and colours are not to be disputed), so mine is, of course, a very subjective opinion!
I see the Midnight tiara in a totally different light from Thomas.
I think that, like a poem, this tiara induces different interpretations. For me it invokes images of gum leaves and gum nuts, and I fancifully imagine that it was designed with Crown Princess Mary in mind. My imagination is indeed fanciful as there is nothing in the jeweller's notes about this to suggest the leaves are meant to be Eucalyptus leaves or the spheres gum nuts. https://www.olelynggaard.com/en/special-pieces/the-tale-of-the-tiara.htm
I doubt if this would suit a majority of ladies, but it suits Crown Princess Mary.
I wonder if it also makes her think of gum nuts? Probably she would loyally say no now that she has made Denmark her home.
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