Russian Folk Art

You can live your entire life without seeing all this beauty. But once you see it, you will long to return here again and again. Wonder of Palekh painting or flame of Palekh is what they call colorful hand painted lacquered boxes. Zhostovo flowers are colorful handcrafted trays. Gzhel is a specimen of Russian porcelain crafted in a special manner by folk masters. Khokhloma represents original wood carved tableware painted in folk style. This book describes all of the above. You will also learn about such traditional Russian handicrafts as Russian lace, wooden toys, ornamented tiles, patterned fabrics, ceramics, silver engraving, clay figurines, Mstera and Kholui lacquer miniatures.