Kokoshnik owned by Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna acquired by Tsarskoye Selo The collection of the State Museum Tsarskoye Selo gained another valuable object - kokoshnik owned by Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna. The museum acquired it at his own expense in a private collection in New York, via mediator from the auction house Sothebys. Invaluable for the museum, the object was estimated at more than 15 thousand dollars. The kokoshnik was commissioned to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty in 1913. It is made in the traditional style in the form of a crown, covered with velvet peach. On the external side is embroidered with silk and silver threads, decorated with rubies, emeralds, moonstone and pearl. At the central crown cloves, embroidery with double-headed eagle, the other with floral ornament. Inside is the kokoshnik covered with silk fabric peach color, the edges of the long satin ribbons. Kokoshnik survives today in its native package. On the outside of the box is a metal plaque with the inscription in Cyrillic: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Nikolaev Starotorzhsky convent, Galich, Kostroma Province. 1913 (now revived as a monastery). On the bottom of the box is glued a label with the inscription: Alexander Palace ... baby half princesses living .... Similar kokoshniki were made to the four daughters of Nicholas II. Two of them (Olga and Mary) were sold abroad - presumably in the 30s of the last century. The other two belonging to the Grand Duchesses Tatiana and Anastasia, in the years of the Great Patriotic War were evacuated, survived and are now part of the museum collection is the State Museum Pavlovsk. Location of Marias kokoshnik is unknown. The acquisition of this exhibit is of special importance for our museum, as gathering memorial things of the members of the imperial family for us a priority. This exhibit will take place in the exhibition in Alexander Palace - says curator of the female costume GMZ Tsarskoye Selo Catherine Potselueva.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:38:18 +0000
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