Studio: international art (41.1907)

Talashkino

tuously embroidered table-
cloths, curtains, everything
that emanates from Talash-
kino has the charm of
being made by hand, and
everything is stamped with
an originality of its own,
in which, however, there
is nothing uniform, for the
Princess Tenishef never
sends out two identical
objects from her ateliers.
The powerfulness of the
colouring in most of these
objects is such as to elicit
our genuine admiration,
as also is the interlacing
of the line, which never-
theless unrolls itself in
harmonious curves; we

wall cupboard designed by a. zinovief must bow before the

science of composition
which can so finely unite

gave an almost barbaric note to the productions of the decoration to the object decorated—a truly
the Talashkino ateliers. Yes, if you will, there difficult task, rarely undertaken and still more
is a stammering essay at speech, but it is "a rarely successful in the mechanical production of
stammering in which the spelled-out sentences to-day.

have the spontaneity and frankness of those Talashkino also possesses its own theatre, where
melodies, of those poems of the people, in which representations of some very interesting dramatic
the soul of the race perpetuates itself." works are given, and where a complete orchestra

By degrees, happy modifications
and wider ideas introduced more

Ewers, armchairs, tables, sump- carved and painted casket designed by a. zinovief

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