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Peasant art in Russia

Holme, Charles, 1848-1923 · 1912 · London, New York : 'The Studio' · 408 pictures

A survey of Russian folk decorative arts issued as a special number of The Studio in 1912, edited by Charles Holme for European collectors, designers and craft revivalists. Halftone plates and colour lithographs record carved and painted woodwork, embroidered towels and hangings, distaffs, spinning wheels and costume, supplying repeating border patterns, stylised birds, riders and trees, and geometric cross-stitch grids.

Decorative arts · Costume · Decoration and ornament

Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0