Big Russian Matryoshka. Gorotets. *Wedding*
Russian Wooden Painting Gorodets
The design of this cute traditional Gorodets matryoshka is rather simple but at the same time, stylish. The combination of the colors is classical – red, blue and green. This Matryoshka radiates cheerfullness, positive mood, the whole figure is penetrated with the holiday atmosphere.
Painting on the wood from Gorodets is a famous folk craft Nighegorodskiy region. It started developing in the second half of the XIXth century in the villages by the river Usola near the town of Gorodets. Spinning wheels baskets and boxes for the storage of yarn, children’s chairs and some utensils were decorated whith the painting.
Nowadays “Gorodetskaya rospis” (Gorodetskaya painting) is the only enterprise producing art products with the traditional painting. This is a craft with one hundred and half year’s history, alive developing phenomenon of our modern national culture strongly connected both with the past and the present life of the people.
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| Big Russian Matryoshka. Gorotets. *Wedding* |
80 mm (3 in) |
145 mm (6 in) |
200 gr (7 oz) |
£ 13.30 |
€ 17.60 |
$ 26.60 |
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