Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / January 2006

I'm building a pair of thrones to be used as props in a play. The
thrones should closely match the thrones of King Kalakaua and his
sister (and successor), Queen Lili`uokalani, the last two monarchs of
the Kingdom of Hawaii, which are on display in the Iolani Palace. You
may see a low-resolution photo of these thrones at
http://www.iolanipalace.org/visit/grand.html.

I've cropped, zoomed, and enhanced that photo, but many of the finer
details of the thrones are still rather blurry. I believe that the
effectiveness of a prop lies in the details, and I want the details to
be faithful. I would rather have a higher quality image that I could
use as a guide, rather than trying to interpret blurs or make up
details myself.

I've been unsuccessful at finding a higher quality image on the web.
I'm hoping that someone out there has visited the Palace and may have
taken a better quality snapshot of one of these thrones.

If you have such a photo and would be willing to share it with me, I
would be very grateful for your kind assistance (as would my daughter's
performance group) - please visit my website at http://DavidFilmer.com
where you will find a link that you may send me an e-mail message (I
don't want to post my e-mail address here because of spam hassles).

Thank You!