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A Short History of Zagorsk and Sergiev-Posad Folk Art

  • Painted Box from Veliky Ustyug "Экспериментальная Фабрика Художественных Изделий Великоустюгские Узоры"

    Veliky Ustyug Painted Box

    Decorative Painted Box "Veliky Ustyug". The church of the Ascension of Our Lord in Velikii Ustyug was built from stone in 1648, replacing earlier wooden structures. It is the oldest surviving building in the town.  The painting is on a hinged pine...
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  • Painted Box from Veliky Ustyug "Экспериментальная Фабрика Художественных Изделий Великоустюгские Узоры"

    Veliky Ustyug Painted Box

    Decorative Painted Box "Veliky Ustyug". A painting of the 17th century Assumption Cathedral (Успенский собор) of the Virgin Mary, which is part of the architectural ensemble of the older monastery. It is on the banks of the Sukhona River, close to the...
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  • Vintage Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius Small Barrel Box

    Holy Trinity Monastery "Bochka" Barrel Box

    Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius Small Barrel "Bochka" Box (Троице-сергиев монастырь сергиев посад). An interesting barrel shape-box from Zagorsk (today Sergiev Posad), the oldest center for the production of this type craft in Russia. The Trinity...
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  • Troika. Sergiev Posad, Abramtsevo.

    Troika Box [Vintage Sergiev Posad]

    Troika (Тройка) Glove Box (Перчаточница). Made in Russia in the 1930s or 1950s, in the kustar style (кустарная промышленность) of Zagorsk/Sergiev Posad, with Abramtsevo influences. In good condition with some wear indicative of age (see photos)...
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  • Country Road (Проселочная дорога)

    Country Road [1930's]

    Country Road (Проселочная дорога). Zagorsk Artel, 1930's. Small rectangular carved and painted box in the Russian style. Zagorsk Artel (or "PKKA", i.e., "Рабоче - Крестьянской Красной Армии"). Box is in very good condition with some paint loss. Lid fits...
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  • Early/Mid 20th Century Vologda Box

    Early 20th Century Landscape Painted on a Carved Box

    Early 20th Century Landscape Painted on a Carved Box. Landscape on the box strikingly resembles the work of Filip Filipovich Klimenko (1862-1917), who painted on canvas with oils of the Black Sea. Probably pre-revolutionary work by a copyist in Sergiev...
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  • Vintage Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius Small Barrel Box

    Trinity Monastery "Bochka" Barrel Box

    Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius Small Barrel "Bochka" Box (Троице-сергиев монастырь сергиев посад). An interesting barrel shape-box from Zagorsk (today Sergiev Posad), which is the oldest center for the production of this type craft in Russia. A...
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  • Young Pioneers on a Hike (Юные Пионеры в Поход) 1950's Zagorsk Carved and Painted Wooden Box

    Young Pioneers on a Hike [1950s]

    Young Pioneers on a Hike (Юные Пионеры в Поход). Young Pioneers dressed in scout uniforms rise over the hilltop. The leader, wearing his "рюкзак"(backpack), studies a map and indicates the direction to go in with his right hand. The others carry...
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  • Village Scene Painted Box from Zagorsk

    Village Merriment (Сельское Веселье)

    Village Merriment (Сельское Веселье). As this is probably late 19th-early 20th century village life, the spring harvest is over and the merriment can begin. Young villagers are dressed in distinctive folk costumes. The musicians play a bayan and a...
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