A tiara (of the Perse تاره translated into Latin tared of “will tiara”) is a kind of crown. This word refers to two types of crown.

Traditionally, the word `' tiara'' refers to a crown of high form, often of cylindrical form, narrowed towards its top, made fabric or of leather and richly ornamented. It was used by the King S and the Empereur S among some former people of Mésopotamie. The Assyrie NS used it decorated with a pair of horn of buffalo like decoration and symbol of authority, as well as circle of short feathers surrounding the top of the tiara. The Persian tiaras resembled a truncated cone rather, without horns nor feathers, but with more jewels, and a conical end at the top.

Tiara papal

See also: Tiara papal

Nowadays

Nowadays, a tiara is generally of form semicircular, out of metal decorated with jewels, and is rather worn like ornament that like symbol of a hierarchical row. It is carried by the women around their head or on the face like a diadem. The tiara is often used like crowns rewarding the winner of a beauty contest. It often forms part of the panoply of the bride. She is also an omnipresent accessory in the romantic ballets.

The queen Elisabeth II is known to have largest and the richest collection of tiaras in the world. One can see it carrying some at the time of official occasions. The majority of its tiaras are gifts of foreign countries, for example, a tiara made of diamonds and aquamarines was given by the people of Brazil.

The tiara of the princess Margaret, known as “ tiara Poltimore ” was sold in June 2006 for 926.400 £ with the biddings with Chinese. This tiara had been produced by the Garrard jeweller for the wife of the second baron Poltimore, Minister for Finance of the Reine Victoria. This tiara, sold in January 1959 for 5.500 £ was used by the Queen Elizabeth, then carried by the Margaret princess at the time of her marriage on May 6th, 1960 and since on all its official portraits.

The super-heroin of fiction Wonder Woman is always capped with a tiara.

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