Lipetsk Regional Museum of Local History

The exhibition was presented to the museum by the State Museum and Exhibition Center “ROSIZO” (Moscow). It exhibits 138 objects of decorative and applied art, author's works from different regions of the Russian Federation.

For the first time in Lipetsk, viewers will see works of art made in the technique of bone carving (mammoth bone, walrus fang and bone, sperm whale tooth). These are the works of masters of the Arkhangelsk region, Yakutia, Chukotka, Tyumen and Tobolsk: multi-figure sculptural compositions, openwork boxes and vases, whole paintings made on a walrus fang.

The third part of the exhibition consists of works by artists of the well-known Gzhel craft. These are dishes - tea sets, various shapes of aerates, kettles, kumgans, as well as boxes, candlesticks, decorative sculptures, etc. The white and blue color of the “winter fairy tale” is complemented by openwork products of Vologda, Vyatka and Eletsk lacemakers, works of art made in the technique of “sacred line”, the famous craft of the Novgorod region.

The exhibition will run until February 20, 2014 in the exhibition hall of the first floor of the museum.