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