CIGARETTE BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Covered with printed paper. On hinged cover a scene of figures in a landscape in the Palekh style, a young man playing the accordion, behind him five women in folk costume, and one man singing, and all standing in a silvery clearing surrounded by green grass and trees against a black sky. Around sides, a gilt net like motif.
- Object name:
- CIGARETTE BOX
- Made from:
- Cardboard
- Made in:
- USSR
- Date made:
- ca. 1930
- Size:
- 2.2 x 12.2 x 10.2 cm (7/8 x 4 13/16 x 4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 34.79
- Class:
- WOOD
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on bottom in Cyrillic: AYKAT, TIANEXCKNN GARH
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973