Featured above is a platinum necklace and earrings set for Empress. The necklace includes a large carved hexagonal Emerald pendant and 9 other emeralds, 11 yellow diamonds, and 4 pear-shaped pearls. Empress Farah wore a pair of coordinating earrings by Van Cleef during the coronation.
The story goes, out of the fifty proposals for the design of the Imperial crown submitted by the greatest jewellers of the time, the government had chosen the design by Pierre Arpels. According to tradition, the crown had to be crafted with jewels from the National Treasury located in the Central Bank.
