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Mirrored Parures Posted by OmerH on August 21, 2019, 4:25 am We are all familiar with the Japanese Royal ladies and their mirrored parures which some love (like me) but disliked by a lot of people as well. However as Dave recently posted pictures of Queen Amelie of Portugal's emerald tiara we can see that mirrored parures are also seen outside of Japan. Below I post a few example of mirrored parures worn by Royal ladies over the years. Please feel free to add to the list if I have missed out any. Queen Wilhemina's Sapphire Parure: I believe this has been dismantled now. Dutch Ruby Peacock Parure: I would classify this as a mirrored parure as well as the design elements are almost the same with a few variations (just as in Japanese parures) Sometimes ladies intentionally or unintentionally create a mirrored parure: Queen Sonja's modern gold parure also has the mirrored look: The Malaysian royal house of Johor has a mirrored emerald parure: Queen Sofia wears her rubies as a mirrored set: The Queen Mother tried the mirrored look with Queen Mary's fringe tiara and Queen Adelaide's fringe as a necklace. Even Queen Elizabeth II has tried the mirrored look (rather successfully in my opinion) I hope you all enjoy this and can add a few more to the list above.

Re: Mirrored Parures Posted by Beth on August 21, 2019, 10:33 am, in reply to "Mirrored Parures" Such an interesting topic OmerH! Now we all have to hunt through photos to see if there are any other instances; however, I think you have probably covered all. I, for one, would not have thought of how some ladies have created a mirror effect by combining items with different provenances.

Re: Mirrored Parures Posted by Andrew U on August 21, 2019, 3:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Mirrored Parures" I love this. I always notice the mirrored effect. I have never seen that emerald parer from Malaysia. Amazing!!! Well done. Previous Message Such an interesting topic OmerH! Now we all have to hunt through photos to see if there are any other instances; however, I think you have probably covered all. I, for one, would not have thought of how some ladies have created a mirror effect by combining items with different provenances.

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