The layout of the painting seems to bend around the four characters in the center of the painting. Aluminum paint is used to depict the sun, the character's clothing, and is mixed with blue paint in the stream. 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. A tiny scrollwork pattern frames the scene and rolling grain scrollwork wraps around the sides of the box for decoration.
Gold paint is used for both, which really warms up the atmosphere in the composition.
The box has a hinge above the composition and rests on four rounded feet. Upon completing the work on this piece the artist writes Fedoskino, the title, and signs his name at the bottom of the scene.