#luis masriera

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Luis Masriera y Rosés (Spanish, 1872 - 1958) - Idyle tout près du Ciel

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Could you do a list of strangest tiaras? Not based on popularity or personal like or dislike, but which tiaras are eccentric and odd? I’m new to the tiara world and have seen so many fringe, diamond, pearl tiaras I’m bored. I want to see the weird ones!

Lydia Courteille probably makes the strangest tiaras these days.  I’ve already covered her Peridot Snake Tiara and her Marie Antoinette Tiara and I’ve got more of her coming up in the High Jewelry Tiaras series.  There’s also Queen Margrethe’s Golden Poppies and Lady Granville’s Beetle Tiara.  I think if you want strange then the best place to look is Art Nouveau tiaras.  They are generally naturalistic in design but instead of the basic diamond floral tiaras they used a lot of insects and other weird things like that.  The materials used are also very different with a lot of semi-precious gemstones, glass, and enamel.  Because they are strange most Art Nouveau tiaras aren’t the kind of thing you’ll see royalty wearing and they’ve instead become museum pieces.  These are just a few…

Grasshopper Tiara by Luis Masriera

Horn & Moonstone Tiara by Frederick James Partridge - Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Egyptian Tiara by Carlo & Arthur Giuliano

Cockerel Diadem by René Lalique - Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (that’s a large amethyst in the bird’s mouth)

Fire Opal & Glass Tiara by René Lalique - Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Dragonfly Tiara by René Lalique 

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Under the umbrella    -    Luis Masriera , c.1926

Spanish, 1872 - 1958

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La sombrilla, Luis Masriera, circa 1926

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By Luis Masriera

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Beach with Umbrellas   -    Luis Masriera , 1940.

Spanish, 1872 - 1958

Oil on wood, 39 x 47 cm.  15.4 x 18.5 in.

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Gold, Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, and Ruby Arm Bracelet by Luis Masriera, 1920s

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Pearl  and gold necklace by Luis Masriera (1872-1958)