Oil-based paint is the main medium used to paint the composition on this box. The palette is very bold and is not really representative of a natural looking landscape, but the gold creates a stylized world in which natural beauty is surpassed by the imagined beauty of the artist. Both girls who are depicted carry their own personalities through the skilled depiction of their faces. This use of metallic paint creates a wonderful light source within the scene. 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.
Thin, intricate, and consistent gold scrollwork frames the scene and wraps around the sides of the box. The box has a hinge on its left and rests on four rounded feet.