Kokoshnik Tiara by Cartier, c. 1922

A Belle Epoque tiara. Of kokoshnik design, the old-cut diamond foliate openwork band interspersed with button-shaped cultured pearls and (untested) pearls of varying hues, the centre set with a cushion-shaped diamond, adapted, circa 1905, 33.0 cm inner...

A diamond kokoshnik tiara, circa 1910 - Sotheby's Designed as a series of radiating scrolls surrounding three principle pear-shaped diamonds set with circular-, rose-cut and cushion-shaped stones, framed by two lines of similarly-set diamonds, inner circumference...