The second dress is of Queen Juliana who was inaugurated in 1948, she was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik. After 58 years Wilhelmina abdicated at September 6. She felt old and tired after 5 years living in excile in London during WWII and assigned the throne to Juliana who was 39 years old at that time.
Here a picture of Juliana with her family in the dress. It was made of blue-purple silk-jersey by Swiss designer Edwin Dolder. At the right you see her eldest daughter Beatrix who would be the next Queen. In the first photo you can see her dress with the furcoat behind Juliana's dress.
I found a better picture on the internet of the dresses of Princesses Beatrix and her sister Irene. They were made of satin and lace in pastel colours, the right one was light blue and the other one pink.
And a last picture of Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard during the inauguration.
It's always fun to view the dresses worn by women at an important historical occasion.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI really enjoy seeing the clothes from different time periods Marianne and its a bonus to get a bit of history along with the images, merci beaucoup :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOne of the things we enjoyed as children, was that on Sunday, after church and sunday school, my Mother would pack a lunch and Kool Aid and we would walk out to our Museum where we would spend the afternoon roaming through sections over and over again. I loved these trips and remember seeing the uniforms of our soldiers in past wars, large photos of the Royal Families and we had to remember all the names, which my Mother would ask each time. This is where I picked up a very early interest in history. These photos on your post are wonderful and so is the history. Thank you, Lilly
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt so great that they preserved this history.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI hope you are well, Bieb!
Oh, historical dresses! How cute!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMooie tentoonstelling, aan de foto's te zien erg de moeite waard!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWonderful pictures. Julianna was Queen when I lived there. I had the feeling that she was loved by all.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenmooi en leuk
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