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The kokoshnik tradition has existed since the 10th century in the city of Veliky Novgorod. [1] It spread primarily in the northern regions of Russia and was very popular from 16th to 19th centuries. It is still to this day an important feature of Russian dance ensembles and folk culture and inspired the Kokoshnik style of architecture.
Kokoshnik is a semicircular or keel-like exterior decorative element in the Old Russian architecture, a type of corbel zakomara (that is an arch-like semicircular top of the church wall). Unlike zakomara that continues the curvature of the vault behind and carries a part of the vault's weight, kokoshnik is pure decoration and does not carry any ...
The bochka roofs of the Transfiguration Church in Kizhi, holding onion domes above. 18th century.. A bochka roof or simply bochka (Russian: бочка, barrel) is a type of roof in traditional Russian church architecture that has the form of a half-cylinder with an elevated and pointed upper part, resembling a pointed kokoshnik.
The diamond Kokoshnik tiara, which was created in 1888, ... The record describes as “a brilliant graduating diamond tiara in the Russian style, also to form a necklace.” ...
Zakomara (Russian: Закомара) is a semicircular or keeled completion of a wall (curtain wall) in the Old Russian architecture, [1] reproducing the adjacent to the inner cylindrical (convex, crossed) vault. False zakomar, which is not repeating the inner shapes of the vault, is called the kokoshnik.
At a state banquet in honor of Qatar, Camilla chose Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik tiara, her first time in the historic sparkler. AARON CHOWN - Getty Images. November 19, 2024.
Eventually, it gave rise to the Russian kokoshnik. [3] The ends of the fabric are embroidered, usually with red thread. During the Ukrainian wedding ceremony, the bride's hair was covered by an ochipok and namitka. She would wear the ochipok for the rest of her life with various types of headgear on top of it. Ochipok and kerchief from Cherkasy
To replenish her collection, she bought a large diamond sapphire Kokoshnik-style tiara from her cousin, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia. When she saw the Cartier sapphire sautoir, she felt it was perfect to go with her new tiara, so her husband, King Ferdinand I , purchased the piece in 1921 on an installment plan, paying around ...