Decorative mirrors based on the motifs of Russian women’s headdresses

Author: Vladimir Vladimirovich Kovalev Design Production: Vladimir Vladimirovich Kovalev Brand: Altai Tradition Year of creation: March 2024

Mirrors can be interesting for interior designers that work with Russian style, as well as for people who are interested an authentic design. Mirrors in decorative frames will organically fit into a modern interior of natural tones, using glass, natural stone, wood.

Women in their 30s and 40s buy mirrors from the Altai Tradition brand for their homes. In social networks, they follow lifestyle bloggers and those who talk about culture and art, home decoration, and renovation. They value time spent with loved ones. What matters to them is the emotional component, the story behind the object, its contribution to society and culture. These factors are decisive when buying.

A half-circle of the upper part of the mirror refers to the shape of the kokoshnik. The dense floral pattern fills the shape of the kokoshnik and goes down the shape of the loose maiden’s hair. The pattern is made up of repetitions of one element forming a continuous floral carpet and symbolises the blossoming of young life, the youth. The mirror can be both table and wall mounted. On the reverse side of the frame there is a wall mount.

Retail price: 8500 rub. Current circulation: 10 pcs. It is possible to increase the circulation up to 80 pieces per month until the end of 2024.

The shape of the mirror frame repeats the silhouette of a married woman’s headdress — ubrus. Ubrus from Old Slavonic means a shawl, a cloth. It was tied on top of a povoynik, so that a married woman’s hair was completely hidden from prying eyes. The rounded upper part of the mirror frame is the outline of a woman’s head, covered with a specially tied ubrus with rigid folds along the edges just above the temples. The ubrus tightly encircled the povoynik. The author repeated this geometry in the frame of the mirror. Usually, the ubrus was not knotted, but pinned under the chin and the shawl laid richly on a woman’s shoulders. The decor of the mirror frame is made according to the motifs of painting of peasant houses in Altai and is located in one strip in the lower part of the mirror frame. The ornament has a symmetrical composition, referring to folk tradition. The shape of the mirror and the ornamental solution convey the image of a married woman, full of inner dignity and confidence, status and mystery.

Retail price: 11000 rub. Current circulation: 10 pcs. It is possible to increase the circulation up to 80 pieces per month until the end of 2024.