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A wall hanging after a design by Maria Iakunchikova (1870-1902)
woven and applied in cotton, linen and wool, depicting a young girl gathering mushrooms in the woods and a wood goblin with berry bushes and mushrooms in the foreground
111¼ x 140 3/8 in. (282.5 x 356.5 cm.)
Executed in 1899

The family of the artist.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work was embroidered by local peasant girls from Tambov (L. Weber-Bauler, 'Maria Yakountchikova Weber', De Russie en Occident, Geneva, 1942, p. 215).