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A RARE NICHOLAS I MOURNING HAT OF A RUSSIAN ROYAL

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A RARE NICHOLAS I MOURNING HAT OF A RUSSIAN ROYAL
A RARE NICHOLAS I MOURNING HAT OF A RUSSIAN ROYAL
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A RARE NICHOLAS I MOURNING HAT OF A RUSSIAN ROYAL PALACE MESSENGER, 1855

RELATED LITERATURE
One of the four mourning hats from this series is illustrated in [The Attendants of the Highest Court. Livery Costumes from the Collection of the Hermitage Museum], (Saint Petersburg: State Hermitage, 2014), p. 208

black velvet body trimmed with black ribbon, featuring a double-headed eagle cockade in the center of the front plate, the inside lined with original black fabric and a leather band, height: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)

One of four originally created, this rare hat of a dvortsovyi skorokhod executed in black mourning colors, replacing traditional scheme of red and gold in time of the death of Emperor Nicholas I.
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A RARE NICHOLAS I MOURNING HAT OF A RUSSIAN ROYAL

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