Old Believers’ Female Costume

Nizhny Novgorod Gubernia. 19th century

Silk, gold threads, канитель, spangles, fringe, passementerie, gold embroidery, flax, linen, вязание крючком, brocade, velvet, кожа, beads, gold threads, stitching, stringing
В-7107; Тк-82; В-7055

Period Early 19th century
TypologyFolk costume | Gold and pearl sewing | Embroidery
Keywords Folk costume | female costume | headdress | The Volga, Volga region
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Headscarf
Silk, gold threads, purl, spangles, fringe, passementerie, gold embroidery

Shirt
Linen, embroidery

Sarafan
Silk fabric

Lestovka
Velvet, leather, beads, spangles, purl, gold threads, embroidery, stringing

The Old Believer women wore large square kerchiefs which were covered in embroidery and worn in a way style variously as v rospusk, na raspustikhu or na rastoto (Klimova 1983, 69), meaning “let down”: a strip of galloon, stitched to the middle of one of the sides, was worn low on the forehead. The headscarf covered its wearer head like heavy, valuable vestments. Not all women could afford such expensive gold-embroidered headscarves, even if they came from wealthy families.

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