Russian Fairy Tales
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'Russian Fairy Tales'
- $ 599.95 Click link or image to buy! Size: 6 4/5 inches Metric: 17 cm Consists of: 5 pieces Finish: glossy (lacquer) Availability: ships within 10-20 business days Origin: Russian Federation PRODUCT DETAILS: The 'Forest Fairies' nesting doll before you is a great example of an exclusive quality matryoshka by Tatyana Remizova. Each nesting doll set is made to order and the whole set takes the artist 7 to 12 business days to paint and 2-3 more days to coat it with 5-7 layers of lacquer. MORE INFO / RELATED STORY: RUSSIAN BEAUTY What is a typical old Russian conception of woman's beauty? The ideal of a beautiful woman was considered to be a tall, strong and stately woman with red cheeks, blue eyes and blonde hair. Such women were well-represented by the renowned Russian painter, Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. Such woman's beauty was also taken as a starting point for original matryoshka making. In provincial Russia before the revolution the name Matryona or Matriyosha was a very popular female name. It was derived from the Latin root 'mater' which means 'mother'. This name was associated with the image of a mother of a big family who was very healthy and had a portly figure. Subsequently, it became a symbolic name and was used specially to describe brightly painted wooden dolls made in such a way that they could be taken apart to reveal smaller dolls fitting inside on another. The first nesting dolls of Sergiev Posad portrayed this special beauty: young girls dressed in Russian sarafans carrying baskets, scythes, bunches of flowers or dressed in winter short fur coats and scarves. The nesting doll before you is a great example of Russian beauty reflected in a matryoshka doll. |
Excellent gift idea for those interested in: Russian folk art, Russian nesting dolls, Russian sarafans carrying baskets, Russian culture and Russian history.