Arts and Crafts

Russian Matryoshka

Russian Matryoshka. By Larissa Soloviova and Marina Marder. Russia (Moscow): Interbook, 1993. 63 pages. In English. It's not easy to find a lot of information on Russian nestings dolls, particularly in book form. This volume does a nice job of balancing...

Semenov Catalog circa 1982

Semenov Souvenirs NOVOEXPORT USSR MOSCOW. Small color catalog from Semenov illustrating the standard matryoshka dolls in production at that time, plus additional birch bark, straw inlay and carved wood utensils.  Text in English, Russian, German and...

Russian Toys Zagorsk History [English]

Russian Toys: From the Collection of the Zagorsk Museum of Toys. G. Dain. USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences. USSR (Moscow): Sovietskaya Rossiya, 1987. 200 pages. A detailed comprehensive historical look at Russian toys from the...

Russian Lacquered Miniatures

Vladimir Guliayev. Russian Lacquered Miniatures (Fedoskino Palekh Mstiora Kholui). Introduction and detailed histories about the four most accomplished and renown Russian miniature art centers. This is an extensive annotated catalog with descriptions of...

Русская миниатюра на эмали (Enamel Miniatures )

Русская Миниатюра На Эмали (Russian Enamel Miniatures). G.N. Komelova. Miniatures on enamel were widespread in Russia in the XVIII century. The types of works included ceremonial and intimate portraits, ancient and biblical subjects, - led by a group of...

Collecting Russian Art & Antiques

Collecting Russian Art & Antiques. Marina Bowater. The author, a Russian porcelain scholar and collector, has run commercial galleries in London for many years. She discusses with great enthusiasm many collectible arts from both Imperial and soviet...

Советский фарфор 1920-30 гг (Soviet porcelain 1920-30)

Советский фарфор 1920-30 гг (Soviet porcelain 1920-30). Л. Андреева (Lydia Andreyeva).This book is the result of many years of work by the author, who studied the collections of state and factory museums as well as a large number of private collections...

Russian Porcelain Private Factories

V. Popov. Russian Porcelain: Private Factories. USSR (Leningrad): Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980. Full-color index of porcelain hallmarks. Text in Russian, notes in English. Large hardcover with dustjacket. 320 pages. An excellent reference on Russian...

Русские самовары (Russian Samovars)

Русские самовары (Russian Samovars). Герб Фрайкопф (Gerb Fraykopf). Russia (St Petersburg): ICAR, 1995. RUSSIAN TEXT.  High quality color photographs throughout, many full page. 62 pages. Softcover with French flaps. A catalog of samovars and...

Palekh: The State Museum of Palekh Art

Palekh: The State Museum of Palekh Art. Vitaly Kotov and Larisa Taktashova. A profusely illustrated reference book with photos of many gorgeous lacquer miniatures from the most famous Russian village of all. Features some of Palekh's best artists,...

Kholui: Lacquered Miniatures

By Larissa Soloviova. Translated from the Russian by Evgeny Filippov, designed by Vassily Kiselev and Anatoly Savelov, photographs by Alexei Matveyev & Robert Papikian.  A thorough and comprehensive study of Kholui Miniature Art through 1991...