Russian style
RUSSIAN STYLE COLLECTION
The
Russian Style Collection represents the best of the works designed by
Alexei Vorobyevsky, one of the most gifted men to have worked in Russian
porcelain. His favourite themes of winter and spring, his intricate
floral ornaments, his fantastic Oriental luxury, show how Vorobyevsky had
an innate feeling of the necessary balance and harmony between fine
bone china and decor. His decorations always enhance and underscore the
airy and fragile qualities of a porcelain surface. Vorobyevskiy`s work
is notable for its use of traditional Russian motifs found in peasant
crafts such as lubok (painted woodwork) and in old folklore. This is why
his designs have such bright colours and a wide array of images drawn
variously from Russian country fairs, feast days, Punch and Judy shows,
fairy tales. His images of magical red-gold cockerels and golden horses,
old Russian cities and mythological characters, were deliberately
looking to illustrate the nature of the Russian soul. It is this love of
old Russia which continues to make Vorobyevsky`s designs so popular
today.