petermorwood:shewhoworshipscarlin: Russian courtier dressed in traditional and historical Russian co
petermorwood:shewhoworshipscarlin: Russian courtier dressed in traditional and historical Russian costume for the Romanov Anniversary Ball of 1903.Here’s a similar costume, painted by Ivan Bilibin for the opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”. The character is Babarikha (a rascally old woman). -- source link
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