V. Stepanova Yu.

SETS OF CLOTHES AND DECORATIONS IN THE LISTS OF THE DOWRY OF THE XVII CENTURY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE TVERSKY STATE JOINT MUSEUM

Authors

V. Stepanova Yu.

Keywords:

inventory, column office work (stolbtsy), dowry, collusion records, costume, clothes, jewelry, nobility, Russia, 17th century

Abstract

The article is devoted to the records of the dowry of the second half of the 17th century, revealed in the collection of documents of the column office work (stolbtsy) of the Tver State Joint Museum (TSJM), No. 1431. The documents relate to private archives of families of service class, geographically connected with Upper Volga region (Tverskoi, Jarovskii, Uglichskii, Bezhetskii, Kashinskii uezds, etc.) and Moscow region (Dmitrovskii uezd): Tepritskiуe, Skoryatny, Kireevsky, Suvorov. The lists are revealed both as part of collusion and contract records, and as independent documents. Lists of movable property include decorations and garments characterizing owners as comparatively well-off people. These are the mandatory elements of the wardrobe: fur coats and caps. More variable is the set of other things: okhaben’, feras, kaftan, odnoryadka, telogreia. The mandatory set of jewelry included items of personal piety: crosses with chains, as well as earrings and finger rings. The descriptions of the dowry reflect the characteristics of fashion of the last quarter of the 17th century. The sources demonstrate the high value of clothing and jewelry in the material environment of the provincial nobility of the late 17th century, regardless of the cost of the things. Along with prestigious expensive things, items of less valuable, made from inexpensive materials were included and described in detail.

SETS OF CLOTHES AND DECORATIONS IN THE LISTS OF THE DOWRY OF THE XVII CENTURY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE TVERSKY STATE JOINT MUSEUM