Sunday, April 16, 2017

The glamorous uniform - Ladies-in-waiting and Russian court dress, circa 1830s-40s


Ladies in the "Blazon Room" of the Winter Palace, by Adolphe Ladurner, 1838. (Detail of below.)
Ladies in the "Blazon Room" of the Winter Palace, by Adolphe Ladurner, 1838.
Unknown lady (Anna Alexeievna Okulova?), by Pimen Nikitich Orlov, circa 1835-37.
Henrietta Bodisco, by Johann Konrad Dorner, 1844.
Maria Petrovna Kikina, later Volkonskaia, by Pyotr Feodorovich Sokolov, 1839.
Princess Elisaveta Alexeievna Paskevich, née Griboyedova, by Nikolai Gustavovich Shilder, circa 1830s-40s.
Unknown, unknown artist, circa 1830s.
Three illustrations of court dress from 1834.
The Volkonsky children with blackamoor, by Karl Briullov, 1843.
Sofia Vassilievna Orlova-Denisova, by Pimen Nikitich Orlov, 1835.
Princess Natalia Vladimirovna Obolenskaia-Neledinskaia-Meletskaia, née Mezentsova, unknown artist, circa 1834.



1 comment:

  1. THose dresses! I wish I knew more about who designed and made them.
    Were they worn more than once? The jewelry alone on the clothing must have cost on fortune.

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