Copricapo. Cultura: Russo. Data: inizio del XIX secolo. Questo scopo viene dalla collezione di Natalia de Shabelsky (1841-1905), una nobildonna russa costretto a preservare ciò che ha percepito come la fuga di arte popolare tradizioni del suo paese nativo. Viaggio molto in tutta la grande Russia, ella ha raccolto molti raffinati esempi di arte tessile di facoltosi classe contadina. Dal 1870 fino a trasferirsi in Francia nel 1902, Shabelsky accumulato una grande collezione di intricati ricamato a mano tessuti tessili per la casa e opulente festival indumenti con ricca decorazione e di elaborare dei motivi. Il Brookly
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Headdress. Culture: Russian. Date: early 19th century. This object is from the collection of Natalia de Shabelsky (1841-1905), a Russian noblewoman compelled to preserve what she perceived as the vanishing folk art traditions of her native country. Traveling extensively throughout Great Russia, she collected many fine examples of textile art of the wealthy peasant class. From the 1870s until moving to France in 1902, Shabelsky amassed a large collection of intricately embroidered hand-woven household textiles and opulent festival garments with rich decoration and elaborate motifs. The Brooklyn Museum holdings include many fine examples including the majority of the garments. Portions of Shabelsky's collection are also housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cleveland Art Museum, and the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg. Headdresses, or kokoshniks had the greatest abundance of ornamentation of any type of garment in Russia. They were most often made of damask woven with gilt metallic threads or velvet with gold embroidery. The wealthy peasant class often decorated their kokoshniks with pearls and gemstones. The headdresses worn by maidens exposed their hair, considered a prize possession in Russian culture. They were often accompanied by a venchik, a forehead covering made of fabric or metal. Married women were required to cover their hair entirely lest they be considered immodest. This example was collected in the province of Vladimir, but similar examples are also seen from Nizhny Novgorod. The striking contrast between the blue silk ground and gold embroidery further enhances this grand headdress. Additional visual interest is created by the colored foil accents on the back, giving the appearance of semi-precious stones. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
