Handpainted "White Winter Landscape" One of a Kind Fedoskino Papier Mache Lacquered Box 3.25 x 2.75

• Handpainted box by Artist Akulova
• One of a Kind
• Papier Mache Miniature Lacquered Boxes
  
• Approximate size: 3.25 x 2.75 x 1"
  

This collection of beautiful Handpainted Papier Mache Lacquered Boxes is genuinely one-of-a-kind.

Fedoskino miniature is a traditional lacquer miniature painting on papier-mache, named after its original center Fedoskino, an old village near Moscow widely known from the late 18th century. The use of oil paint, typically applied in many layers, is a distinctive feature of a Fedoskino miniature, as well as the use of mother-of-pearl, pure gold or silver leaf under segments of the background to create the effect of a shimmering glow or silvery sparkle. Many boxes are painted inside and outside in imitation tortoiseshell, birch bark, mahogany, or tartan. All works are one of a kind, and there are no two alike.

Fedoskino wares were awarded a diploma for 'superb artistic skill' at the All-Union Agricultural, Industrial, and Cultural Products Exhibition in 1931. The miniature painting school at Fedoskino ensured this art form's perpetuation, which allowed continued development through the following years. The artisans had artistic education, many of whom had come from icon-painting studios. Works by Fedoskino masters are kept in numerous museums and private collections.