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BOX WITH A SUMMER TROIKA SCENE

Creator(s): Vishniakov (Firm)

Currently in storage


About this object

On the cover of the box is a scene of young peasant man recklessly driving a troika pulled by a brown, white, and black horse along a dusty road. In the troika are seated three young peasant women, with their ribbons flying in the breeze. The box's exterior is black and the interior is deep wine.

Object name:
BOX WITH A SUMMER TROIKA SCENE
Made from:
Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- tempera -- oil paint -- brass (hinge)
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
1887-1917
Size:
5.6 x 14.9 x 9.8 cm (2 3/16 x 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.32
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
MARK [Cyrillic] V. I. VISHNIAKOV" Stamped in silver on inside of lid. The inscription appears beneath copies of medals the firm won at the All-Russian exhibitions of 1882, 1885 and 1897.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973