Show all images on one page	#008208 Title: Accordion Player Artist: Shavirin Boris Size: 10x15x4 Size (inches): 6x4x1.5 Price : $2250 SOLD!

This festive box is a specimen of traditional Fedoskino artistry. It features the lad playing the accordion and amusing two pretty girls and dancing lad. In old times the lad who could play the accordion was the most popular young man in the Russian village. Girls dreamt to have a date with him, lads respected him. Singing and dancing to the accompaniment of accordion was the only available amusement then. The scenes like this one, depicting peasants and craftsmen, their daily life, feasts, and traditions were very popular during the Vishnyakov and Lukutin era.
The box was painted by a prominent Fedoskino artist Boris Shavirin. With this composition he is continuing a series of works with Russian village people and peasants.
The scene is framed with a gold band. The box's sides are adorned witha pattern that imitates a brown marble.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the piece while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. The lid is hinged to the left of the composition, and the box rests flat. Signed with the artist's name, Fedoskino and the year of 2015.