Russian Easter Egg Patterns
name: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
topic: label: Topic
content: Easter eggs -- Russia
label: Topic
content: Immigrants
label: Topic
content: Egg decoration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
setName: label: See more items in
content: Russian Easter Egg Patterns
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Egg painting was a popular craft for immigrants from Russia and Ukraine, and is still popular among people of Russian descent.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1888-1896
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: This collection has been in the Smithsonian since the late 19th Century, when a small museum in Russia traded it to the Smithsonian for some musical instrument-related objects (it is unclear what objects). Transferred to the Archives Centert from the Department of Cultural History, 2001.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0778
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Paintings
label: Type
content: Watercolors
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Anne Holcomb, 2002.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of 172 Russian egg patterns, a popular craft among immigrants from Russia and the Ukraine. The egg patterns are drawn in ink on 3 2" x 5" paper with color combinations of red, green, yellow, black, purple, brown, blue, and burnt orange. The collection is arranged into one series by pattern numbers from 1 to 172.