Crown of the Day:
The Empress’ Crown, 3rd of the 3 crowns of the Iranian Crown Jewels.
The frame of the crown is made of white gold and is lined with a cap of green velvet. The crown contains 38 emeralds, 105 pearls, 34 rubies, 2 spinels, and 1,469 diamonds.
Following in the footsteps of policies initiated under the White Revolution that directed the further emancipation of Iranian women, Mohammad Reza Shah determined to make a symbolic gesture by crowning his consort, Empress Farah, during his own elaborate coronation ceremony in October of 1967.
August 03, 2011, 10:00am
