Late 18th or early 19th century
Arkhangelsk Governorate province
Object qualities
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Objectheadwear: Maiden's head-dress
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueNacre embroidery
(decoration with gemstones) -
MediumVelvet, nacre, glasses, foil, cardboard, gold cord.
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Geography details
Arkhangelsk Governorate province -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateLate 18th or early 19th century
Ornament qualities
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Composition
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Elements
Source of information
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Type of sourcebook “Russian Folk Embroidery: Pictorial Motifs”
Author(s) G. Durasov, G. Yakovleva -
Fund that the source refers toThe All-Russia Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art (during the USSR times the Folk Art Museum of Moscow)