Thank you Salma for the photos as I've never seen the work in progress state for a tiara.Queen Rania Arabic Script Tiara
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The tiara was made in 2005 by one of Queen Rania´s favourites jewellers, Yan Sicard, who works to Fred. King Abdullah ordered to him made a new tiara for his wife.
Sicard also designed the tiara and choose to the scroll motifs an Arabic inscription from the Coran: « Only Allah is the Great ». The tiara is mounted in white gold and set with 1.300 diamonds. The tiara is topped by a large diamond weighing about 20 carats.
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