Matryoshka Nesting Dolls

Boutique Brin de Folie is specialized in Russian Dolls over 30 years. You will find in store always over 300 different models making it the largest selection in Canada. All Matryoshkas are hand painted and hand crafted in Russia.

 

A matryoshka doll ( In Russian: матрёшка, in French Matriochka), also known as a Russian nesting doll or Russian doll is a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. The name "matryoshka" (матрёшка), literally "little matron", is a diminutive form of Russian female first name "Matryona" (Матрёна) or "Matriosha".

 

A set of matryoshkas consist of a wooden figure which separates, top from bottom, to reveal a smaller figure of the same sort inside, which has, in turn, another figure inside of it, and so on.

 

The first Russian nested doll set was made in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design by Sergey Malyutin, who was a folk crafts painter at Abramtsevo. Traditionally the outer layer is a woman, dressed in a sarafan, a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant jumper dress. The figures inside may be of either gender; the smallest, innermost doll is typically a baby turned from a single piece of wood. Much of the artistry is in the painting of each doll, which can be very elaborate.

 

Zvyozdochkin and Malyutin were inspired by a doll from Honshu, the main island of Japan. Sources differ in descriptions of the doll, describing it as either a round, hollow daruma doll, portraying a bald old Buddhist monk or a Seven Lucky Gods nesting doll.

 

Savva Mamontov's wife presented the dolls at the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris, where the toy earned a bronze medal. Soon after, matryoshka dolls were being made in several places in Russia.

 

 

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1628 - Red and Blue Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

1628 - Red and Blue Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

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1629 - Easter Bunnies Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

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1631 - Green Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

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1634 - Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls Bouquet of Flowers

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1635 - Red and Blue Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

1635 - Red and Blue Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

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1640 - Red and Black Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

1640 - Red and Black Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

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1641 - Yellow and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

1641 - Yellow and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

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1643 - Matryoshka Russian Nesting Animals

1643 - Matryoshka Russian Nesting Animals

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1650 - Black and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

1650 - Black and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

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1657 - Yellow and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

1657 - Yellow and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

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1659 - Yellow and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

1659 - Yellow and Red Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

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Matryoshka - Russian Dolls. 5 dolls. Height 11 cm. Hand painted in Russia. Made from wood.A set of..

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1670 - Carpenter Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

1670 - Carpenter Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

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1671 - Blue and White Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

1671 - Blue and White Floral Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

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Matryoshka - Russian Dolls. 5 dolls. Height 17 cm. Hand painted in Russia. Made from wood.A set of..

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1680 - Astronaut  Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

1680 - Astronaut Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

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1701 - Owls Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

1701 - Owls Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

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1702 - Owls Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

1702 - Owls Matryoshka Russian Nesting Doll

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