Box of "Gaufrettes Russes"
Applied Arts
Inventory number
2022.3.8.18ab.AA.BX.C1900.FRAuthor:
Maison F. Marquis (French, 1818 - ca 1950)Description
Rectangular cardboard box with rounded edges for "Russian Wafers", embellished with chromolithography representing on the top a Russian peasant scene of a young man in red shirt dancing cossack or hopak dance, with on the back one boy playing balalaika and another playing triangle. On the right, a young lady, wearing a red and blue sarafan over a white shirt, and a golden kokoshnik and apron, is sitting on a piece of wood with a young child standing near her. The sides have a repetitive pattern mixing Neo-Renaissance and Russian folk ornaments in red, blue and yellow colours on silver background.Material
CardboardOrigin
circa 1900 Paris, FranceDimensions
Width : 10 cmLength : 14 cm
Height : 3.5 cm