Following on from yesterday's traditional Japanese house, here we have a traditional Russian house. Unfortunately there is nothing at all to tell me what this card from Russia is about. It's obviously an illustration of a traditional room but there seems to be some sort of story - I can see feathers on the floor and the ladies do look surprised. Has a chicken turned into a handsome prince?
This is a post for Postcard Friendship Friday hosted on Beth Niquette's blog, The Best Hearts are Crunchy.
I like your explanation
ReplyDeleteWonderful card. I love the clothing. Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteOh I like that 'chicken turning into a prince' idea. It's like a modern day fairy tale. Hehe.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your Q about Touchnotes, yep I like them. :) Some are not nicely printed, but over-all, they made me happy.
Here's the tale about Fenist the Bright Falcon:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.homeenglish.ru/TalesfolkFinest.htm
Here's a Wiki article about the illustrator:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bilibin
Oxana, thank you so much!
DeleteIt's an illustration from Marya (Maria) Morevna, a Russian folk tale - I have a 1976 reprint of the original Russian book that contained this illustration. The illustrator was Ivan Bilibin - pages from the book are here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wikipaintings.org/en/Tag/maria-morevna
and there's an English translation (slightly peculiar English, I hasten to add) here:
http://russian-crafts.com/tales/maria_morevna.html