The detail is also much more clear, due to the artist s desire to make the forest s floral and fauna alive as possible. Gold paint is used to outline the bottom of the princess dress. It is also used to decorate Ivan s clothing, which is very detailed. The detail here is great and the artist exploits the idea of fantasy here by adding a face into the tree on the right for added internal action. The box is constructed out of paper-mache made in the village of Fedoskino.
Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior and red lacquer to paint the interior of the box.
The scene is framed with gold scrollwork and a similar, but larger pattern, wraps around the sides of the box. The box has a small hinge to the left of the painting and rests on a flat bottom.