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Russian Nesting
Dolls (set of 5)
Price:
$44.99
Sale: $39.99
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Item code #2971
Availability: in stock
- Beautiful set of Russian
Nesting Dolls (Matryoshkas).
- This set includes 5
handcrafted and hand painted dolls.
- This set makes a great gift
for collectors of all ages.
- It also can be used as a
toy for any child of 3 and up.
- The kids love counting
dolls, putting them in each other and taking them out.
- The size of the biggest
doll is 6"tall.
- MADE FROM
REAL Linden WOOD.
- Non Toxic.
- VERY NICE!
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- History:
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Matryoshkas date from 1890. The story
goes that Sergei Maliutin, a painter
from a folk crafts workshop in the
Abramtsevo estate of a famous Russian
industrialist and patron of arts Savva
Mamontov, saw a set of
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Japanese wooden dolls representing
Shichi-fuku-jin, the Seven Gods of
Fortune. Inspired, Maliutin drew
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sketch of a Russian version of the toy.
It was carved by Vasiliy Zvezdochkin in
a toy workshop in Sergiyev Posad and
painted by Sergei Maliutin. It consisted
of eight dolls; the outermost was a girl
in an apron, then the dolls alternated
between boy and girl, with the innermost
– a baby.
- In
1900, M.A. Mamontova, the wife of Savva
Mamontov, presented the dolls at the
World Exhibition in Paris and the toy
earned a bronze medal. Soon, many other
places in Russia started making
matryoshki of various styles.
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Modern artists create many new styles of
nesting dolls. Today, many talented
Russian artists specialize in painting
themed matryoshka dolls that feature
specific categories of subjects, people
or nature.
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