Creating Tiaras For Royalty

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Tiaras have had an iconic effect on the history of jewellery fashion, with iconic women wearing them, including Princess Diana, Audrey Hepburn and Russian royalty the Tsar. So what goes into the process of creating a tiara? Here we look at the production of a tiara and look at a famous woman in history who wore tiaras. Traditionally they have been worn by women of royalty and for special events such as weddings, proms and pageants. Romantic revivals of this piece of jewellery have been recreated in many films since they were first popular.

The raw materials that are used to create tiaras start with metal wire, silver and gold tend to be the most leading choices. Square wire is the best option for forming the tiara band and all of its further designs; the wire may be of different thickness. Tiaras usually need 12-14 gauge wire, gauge with higher numbers are thinner and lower thicker. Binding wire will hold the pieces together whilst they are being created until they are soldered. Iron wire has to go through a further process known as annealing to make it soft enough to bind small tiara parts.

Soldering is a delicate process for the production of tiaras; solder is a metal that is melted to connect together pieces of metal. When tiaras are made the solder is made out of the same precious metal, not only should it be gold or silver, but it should be the same shade and texture so it blends seamlessly with the wire. Silver solder melts at different temperatures depending on the composition of the alloy. Stones are then used in tiaras to give them extra sparkle, they range from precious stones through to artificial glass ones, depending on how precious the tiara actually is.

The famous tiara that Princess Diana wore was worn by Queen Mary who was a grandmother to Queen Elizabeth the Second. It was designed by Queen Mary herself in 1914 and was named 'The Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara'. It was loaned to Diana from the Queen and was worn by Diana to several state occasions with matching pearl drop earrings. Queen Mary had had the tiara altered in around 1935 when the top row of pearl spikes was removed. Diana also wore another tiara famously which was known as the Spencer family tiara, which legend has it traced back to being worn by Mary Antoinette.


About the Author:
Dominic Donaldson is an expert in the Jewellery industry.
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