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Title: Tiaras - A History of Splendour
ISBN: 1851493751
Author:
Geoffrey C. Munn
Publicate Date: 2001-12-01
Publish: 2001-12-01
List Price: $75.00
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: Beautifully Illustrated Book of Tiaras
This is a gorgeous book. It is well put together, has Awesome photos of crowns and their history. Covers a lot from the beginning of time to great queens. Thanks for offering such a beautiful book.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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2: Tiaras - A History of Splendour, by by Geoffrey C. Munn
If you like CROWNS then this is the book for you! I actually bought the book for a gift & now the book is the talk of the town! Everyone wants to look at it!
Great detailed photos of many Queens, Princesses, & other Crowns. The book is nicely written up.
Also if you are a designer it's a great idea book too!
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3: Tiaras with Panache
Tiaras a History of Splendour by my friend Geoffrey C. Munn director of the famed store Wartski is a Must for serious collectors and historians. Through its symbol of Power and Royalty the reader is sure to travel in time and learn so much about the past, present and future. You can even see my personal Comb Tiara which belonged to Princess Pauline Borghese, favorite sister of Napoleon on page 38 plate 23 which was also a hit for the Chinese People when Chaumet presented it at the opening of the Museum in Hongkong last year in December...The buckle and belt were also stolen at my father's estate during World War II not by the Nazis but by french collaborators, jalous of dad's connection with De Gaulle...
Comte Alexandre de Bothuri
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4: A feast for the eyes
What fabulous photographs! Many of them in colour and close up to show the beautiful detail! Anyone who has a interest in royalty or jewels will love this book. I certainly do. Munn writes an informative text as well and makes for an interesting read.
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5: Magnificent
This is a large coffee table book which would grace any table in the world with its magnificent photographs of the tiaras belonging to royalty, the rich and famous and museums. The display of diamonds and precious gemstones is breathtaking, showing the many different styles which came and went in fashion, some delicate and dainty and others, gaudy and cumbersome, but all of them with jewels which are stunning in their beauty. I enjoyed the written descriptions and stories which accompany them as much as the photos, as I hadn't any idea that these magnificent pieces were so often broken up and reassembled to suit a new owner's taste, and the history of the jewels are a lesson in history on their own, with the shape and size of the headpieces reflecting the fashion of the day as well as the prevailing life style of the owner. Even tiaras given by Queen Elizabeth 2 to members of her own family have been altered to suit the taste of the recipient, as one I noticed...the aquamarine and diamond tiara given to Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, has been reduced in size from a full tiara to a more comfortable diadem which sits more easily on the front of the head. This is a book which one could have on a coffee table for years, to browse through and never tire of looking at it.
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