The only difference between the two pieces is that the one in the book has a background and is not blank like this one. Oil-based paint is the medium used to paint the composition on this box. The artist uses a palette that is very bright and expressive, which seemingly jump off of the box against their black lacquer background. Both are used extensively but executed in the painting very well. The flowing brushstrokes the artist uses, and good knowledge of color placement, gives the scene movement and life, which is conveyed through the body language of the girls.
Black lacquer is used to paint the outside and red lacquer is used to paint the inside of the box.
The box has a hinge located to the left of the composition and rests on a flat bottom. Upon completing the work on this piece the artist writes Fedoskino and signs her name at the bottom of the scene.