Kokoshnik

Costumes

Inventory number
2022.5.11.2.CO.ET.C1790.RU
Description
Kokoshnik headdress, traditional for North regions of Russian Empire, lined with floral and striped patterns on hard interfacing base, covered with a red velvet fabric entirely embroidered with golden sequins, rhinestones, faux stones, molten glass beads and gold threads representing stylized foliage. The base is decorated with a furbelow fringe in glass beads and river pearls.
Materials
Velvet
Sequins
Rhinestones
Mother-of-pearl
Glass beads
Cotton
Origin
circa 1790 Russian Empire
Dimensions
Width : 13 cm
Length : 33 cm
Height : 27 cm