Golden Khokhloma " Wild Berries " Village Candlesticks
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Golden Khokhloma "Wild Berries" Village CandlesticksThese "Wild Berries" Village Candlesticks are made of the finest quality Russian Khokhloma lacquerware. It is handcrafted today in the same 300-year old tradition created by the early icon makers to give each piece the illusion of gold. The process includes six steps: (1) the linden wood is shaped; (2) painted with a clay primer and baked; (3) rubbed with oil and air-dried; (4) rolled in powdered aluminum and baked (yea...rs ago they used tin); (5) the artwork pattern is painted; (6) 3 coats of hot lacquer are applied, and any of the pattern left silver by the artist will turn to the beautiful golden color.Country quaint....these Village "Wild Berries" Candlesticks will give your table a hint of a "time gone by". They are painted in the "pod fon" style.With this piece is included a booklet entitled "Forests of Gold", which gives a brief history of Khokhloma Painting and its various pattern styles.Dimensions: 4"h x 4" dia.Set of 2.
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