Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik Tiara
Alexandra of Denmark

Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara

Queen Alexandra’s Kokoshnik Tiara is “formed of 61 graduated bars, rising to the centre and pavé -set with 488 brilliants.” The Kokoshnik Tiara was modelled after the traditional form of a Russian girl’s headdress, and this version was given to the then Princess of Wales for her 25th wedding anniversary in 1888 by the “Ladies [read more]