Gold, silver, diamonds, spinel, gold-woven fabric, fur.
Height 29.5 cm.
Сircumference: 64 cm.
The crown and top of the ceremonial Diamond Cap of Tsar Ivan Alekseevich /Шапка Алмазная царя Ивана Алексеевича/ are completely covered with gold cuffs in the form of crowns, double-headed eagles and rosettes of various shapes, emitting a dazzling shine of diamonds. It is known that when creating the Diamond Caps for the young tsareviches, decorative ornaments - cuffs - were removed from the 1679 crown of their elder brother, Tsar Feodor Alekseevich. In turn, as archival documents testify, for its production, gold chains, diamond cuffs, earrings, and most importantly, two crowns of "Greek work" with diamond ornaments, among which cuffs in the form of crowns are mentioned, were transferred to the craftsmen from the treasury.
It is curious that the documents contain information about one of these two crowns of Greek work. Apparently, it was used to create the ceremonial headdress of Feodor Alekseevich. This crown, by order of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, was to be ordered in Constantinople by the Greek Isaiah Ostafyev, who was in Moscow at the time. Having arrived in Constantinople, Ostafyev bought "expensive diamonds" to fulfill the Tsar's order, and after completing the work on the crown, he brought it to Moscow.
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Height 29.5 cm.
Сircumference: 64 cm.
The crown and top of the ceremonial Diamond Cap of Tsar Ivan Alekseevich /Шапка Алмазная царя Ивана Алексеевича/ are completely covered with gold cuffs in the form of crowns, double-headed eagles and rosettes of various shapes, emitting a dazzling shine of diamonds. It is known that when creating the Diamond Caps for the young tsareviches, decorative ornaments - cuffs - were removed from the 1679 crown of their elder brother, Tsar Feodor Alekseevich. In turn, as archival documents testify, for its production, gold chains, diamond cuffs, earrings, and most importantly, two crowns of "Greek work" with diamond ornaments, among which cuffs in the form of crowns are mentioned, were transferred to the craftsmen from the treasury.
It is curious that the documents contain information about one of these two crowns of Greek work. Apparently, it was used to create the ceremonial headdress of Feodor Alekseevich. This crown, by order of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, was to be ordered in Constantinople by the Greek Isaiah Ostafyev, who was in Moscow at the time. Having arrived in Constantinople, Ostafyev bought "expensive diamonds" to fulfill the Tsar's order, and after completing the work on the crown, he brought it to Moscow.
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