#1903 romanov ball

[folkvisuals]

1903 Romanov Costume Ball

[empress-alexandra]

Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra dress as Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife Tsaritsa Maria Miloslavskaya for the 1903 costume ball.

[maurineromanovs]

Costume Ball of winter palace 1903 Romanovs

[boylerpf]

Attending theatrical premieres was a characteristic habit of the aristocracy of the 19th century. The artists of the imperial theaters enjoyed great respect and sometimes even the patronage of the Romanovs. On the occasion of various memorable dates, they traditionally received precious gifts from the monarchs.

While in the theater, the noble public could not only enjoy the performance, but also discuss the latest news and make important contacts. Therefore, visiting theaters, especially imperial ones, was the same social event as a ball or an official reception. Going to the theater, like going out into society, meant observing certain rules of etiquette regarding clothing and accessories. Thus, the lady’s outfit had to be quite restrained, but complemented with jewelry and elegant accessories, such as theater binoculars by Faberge.

These diamond-studded pink enamel theater binoculars can be admired as a tour de force in their own right, especially when held up to the wearer's face during a theater performance. In this work we see the richness of decor in the Rococo style characteristic of the Faberge master Mikhail Perkhin. 1898-1903

Source - Faberge Museum

[jeannepompadour]

Varvara Vasilievna, Countess Musin-Pushkin, in 17th-century boyarina attire at the Romanov Anniversary Ball in 1903

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

Fun question. If you were invited to a Halloween ball, and in it you get to dress as any historical figure, and you picked one of the Romanovs, who would it be?

Ah! What a hard question! (I actually managed to assemble a last minute costume of Anastasia for Halloween ~)

Considering that I am female, I think I’ll stick to the female candidates. Out of those, the one that immediately comes to mind as having good fashion sense would be Elizabeth Feodorovna. She managed to look elegant in absolutely everything, even a plan nun’s habit!

However, since it comes to specific outfits, I’d rather be Alexandra, who rocked some gorgeous dresses!

Since my blog is mainly OTMA-related, one might expect me to say them, but, alas, no. Their dresses tend to be very simple and while easy to replicate, aren’t as unique and splendid as their relatives!

Obviously there are others who also had amazing outfits (Maria Feodorovna, for example), and maybe I should have opted for one of the gorgeous 1903 outfits, but I’m going to keep it simple and elegant, and choose Alexandra in one of the kind of dresses that is floaty and ethereal looking :)

Thank you very much for the question and I hope you enjoy what you have left of Halloween!

[vigilskeep]

17th century Russian fashion for the Dwarven nobles! I take inspiration from russian theatre costumes, which lean a bit more heavily on the lavishness. There's also amazing photographs from the Romanov costume ball of 1903 where everybody was dressed in period clothes. It's all so perfectly like Orzammar imo

okay okay i’m seeing the vision

[missfreedomforever]

The Imperial couple Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra.

The nearly 400 guests arrived in bejeweled 17th-century style costumes, created from designs by artist Sergey Solomko, after consulting closely with historical experts. Court ladies wore dresses embroidered with precious stones and kokoshniks (head-dresses) adorned with the finest family jewels, while the men donned richly decorated caftans and boyar-style fur hats. For the Romanov costume ball, guests took 38 original royal items of the 17th century from the Armory in Moscow to use in this 1903 extravaganza.

[localghostgorl]

I wanted to draw an Eastern European re-interpretation of Tatyana. The outfit is inspired by those worn to the Romanov ball of 1903.

I do commissions!    

[worker-and-soldier]

(Photo from the Romanovs' 1903 ball at the Winter Palace)

"Three perceived principles of Muscovite tsardom appealed to the Romanovs in their final years. The first was the notion of patrimonialism whereby the Tsar was deemed literally to own the whole of Russia as his private fiefdom (votchina) in the manner of a medieval lord. ...

The second principle of Muscovy was the idea of personal rule: as the embodiment of God on earth, the Tsar's will should be unrestrained by laws or bureaucracy and he should be left to rule the country according to his own consciousness of duty and right. ...

Lastly, there was the idea of a mystical union between the Tsar and the Orthodox people, who loved and obeyed him as a father and a god. It was a fantasy of paternal rule, of a golden age of popular autocracy, free from the complications of a modern state."

Figes, Orlando. A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924. The Bodley Head, 2017.

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Romanov opinion questions!

For all my Romanov loving followers I wanted to make a fun thing for us to do! I will write several questions down and you guys will make a new post with the questions you want to answer and put a picture of each Romanov that you think fits is! I hope you guys participate!

You don’t have to answer all of them but you can if you want!

Also you can compare answers with your other Romanov loving friends who did this too!

Who are your Top 4 Romanovs

Who was your fav ruler of Russia

Who was the best ruler of Russia (least problematic and best a their job)

What is your favorite dynamic duo

Who was the funniest Romanov

Who is you favorite Romanov consort (or foreign royal marrying into the family)

What was the most problematic Romanov Marriage

Favorite costume from the 1903 costume ball

Favorite Romanov reign

Saddest Romanov death

Romanov you wished lived to adulthood

Favorite Romanov residence

Favorite Romanov Pet

If you could choose any one bad thing to not happen in the 304 years that the Romanovs have ruled, what would it be

Thank you!!!

*ps, if people who don’t really know the Romanov’s want to do this but with other royals, you can just ask me*

And make sure you @ me so I can see your results!

[romanovsonelastdance]

This week I got a copy of the book “Nikola and Milena” about the Montenegrin royal family, as well as a modern set of cards (not postcards) of shots from the 1903 ball. So expect some of that content mixed in with the normal vintage postcards. 

(I won’t be posting about the Montenegrin family generally, but rather those members with Romanov connections). 

[empress-alexandra]

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia dressed for the 1903 costume ball.

[the-last-tsar]

Oficial photos of Nicholas II and Alexandra wearing costumes for the ball of 1903.

(source: 📷)