Choose type and quantity |
|---|
|
|
Russian Nesting Doll - Santa Jolly
Authentic Russian Nesting Dolls
Alkota Russian Treasures.
Alkota Russian Treasures Painted Wooden Nesting Dolls.
The Perfect Gift For Birthday, House Warming, And The Holidays.
FREE SHIPPING!! Our Gift To You.
Our Products Are Hand Made.
Allow 2 to 3 Weeks Delivery.
Russian Treasures. The Authentic Product Of The Highest Quality From Russia.
Alkota Russian Treasures Russian Nesting Doll- Matryoshka (Painted Wooden Dolls Nestled Into One Another).
Santa Jolly:
* Dimensions: 7"
* Wood, Lacquer.
Alkota Russian Treasures Russian Nesting Doll:
Russian nesting doll (painted wooden dolls nestled into one another) is widely known outside Russia and has a history of more than a century long. During this relatively short time, it became a symbol of Russia and its folk art.
The name matryoshka is derived from the name Matryona, a common (in the past) Russian folk name, which comes from Latin "mater" -"mother". A doll with many offspring - a nesting doll - is associated with a sturdy family matron, and is a symbol of motherhood, fertility as well as of the family, the village, the nation.
The most common kinds of tree used for matryoshkas are lime and birch.
The first Russian Matryoshka was created based on a Japanese "take-apart" doll, but Russian artisans had already had a long tradition of making dolls which fit into each other, for instance, Easter eggs.
There are several production centers for the Russian matryoshkas: Sergiev Posad, Semyonov, and the villages of Polhovsky Maidan and Krutets in the Nizhni Novgorod area.
Each place has its own distinct style. For example, a Sergiev Posad matryoshka is bell shaped, painted in gouache, and has a varnish surface. A Semyonov doll is slender but widens sharply towards the bottom. It is colored predominantly in red, blue and yellow tones, and can contain many, up to 72 pieces.
It was presided over by Savva Mamontov, a Russian industrialist, a patron and connoisseur of arts, who had gathered around him a group of outstanding Russian artists including Repin, Antokolsky, Vasnetsov, Vrubel and others. In his Abramtsevo estate near Moscow, Mamontov built art studios where folk craftsman worked along with professional artists.
The enthusiasts who formed the Mamontov circle engaged in education, art and collection with heavy emphasis on reviving Russian culture, especially the national folk traditions. Among the items of folk art they collected peasant toys.
The development of the folk peasant toy was a major area of their efforts. A Children's Education workshop opened in Moscow began by making dolls to demonstrate the festive costumes of inhabitants of various gubernias and uyezds in Russia, and were an accurate portrayal of ethnic features of peasant women's dress.
It was at this workshop that the idea of a Russian wooden doll was conceived. Sketches were made by S. V. Malyutin, a professional artist and member of the Mamontov circle, an active pioneer of the "Russian style" in art. He borrowed the idea of a “take-apart” doll from a Japanese toy which Mamontov’s wife had brought from the Island of Honshu. That figure showed a sage by the name of Fukuruma, a good-natured bald-headed old man, a doll which contained several other figures nestled in one another. The Japanese, incidentally, claim that the first such doll on the Island of Honshu was made by a Russian monk.
malyutin's nesting doll was a round-faced peasant girl in an embroidered shirt, a sarafan, and an apron, in a colored kerchief holding a black rooster. The toy was manufactured in Sergiev Posad and contained eight dolls: a girl with a rooster contained a boy which contained a girl again. No two figures were alike with the smallest, eighth figure, portraying a baby tightly wrapped in a diaper.
The first to be made are usually the smallest figures which cannot be taken apart. All the operations do not involve any measurements, and rely on intuition and require great skill.
After the Children’s Education workshop was closed, the showcase and training in manufacturing of matryoshkas moved to Sergiev Posad, an old toy-making center. It soon launched commercial production of the toy and developed the type of matryoshka that became known as Sergiev Posad or Zagorsk matryoshka.
The art of making and painting matryoshkas flourished in Sergiev Posad in the early decades of the 20th century so powerfully that it set the trend for matryoshka painting in Russia for many years ahead.
About Alkota Russian Treasures:
Tanya and Alexander, the founders of Alkota
Our Mission-Alkota Russian Treasures:
Alkota was founded in May 1994. Since 1997, we focused our business on import–export operations with Russia., importing handmade merchandise – carved and painted Nesting Dolls, santa figurines, lacquer boxes, hand painted eggs, Angels and other unique figrines, birch boxes paper Mache jewelry, jewelry on mother of pearl, wool shawls and wooden toys. We also bring to the U.S. and Canada handmade sterling silver with Siberian malachite and Baltic amber jewelry from Russia and Poland. Today, there are Alkota offices in Chicago, Moscow and Sergiyev Posad. With more than a dozen full time employees in Moscow and a growing number of seasonal workers, Alkota is expanding to meet the rising demand for our merchandise.
Our principal goal is to spread the word about Russia, its culture and people, to tell the story of talented Russian artisans, and to show the beauty of their work. By bringing the merchandise to the U.S., we try to increase the popularity of unique Russian collectibles.
We love Russian merchandise and appreciate the talent of Russian artists. With our work, we support the families of Russian artists. They are tremendously talented, but in today’s Russia, most of them live in rather precarious conditions. Our partnership is based on trust, personal friendship and respect.
We are Direct Distributors For All The Products Shown On This Web Site.
