Summer Troykas

This beautiful box showing a summer troika has been painted by Fedoskino painter Nina Savelieva. This subject is traditional for Russian lacquer miniature art. This tradition sprang from the very beginning of lacquer ware production in Russia when the first lacquer workshop was founded by Petr Korobov in the village of Danilkovo (now Fedoskino).
The scene is painted in bright oils over silver metal powder and that is why it shines brightly from within. A gold line is used to frame the depicted scene while the box's sides are decorated with two parallel gold lines.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. The lid is hinged from the top of the scene, and the box rests on four legs. The work is signed with the artist's name, Fedoskino and the year of 2007.