Zhostovo painting

[1] It appeared in the early 19th century, mainly under the influence of the Ural handicraft of flower painting on metal.

Subsequent development of Zhostovo painting handicraft was stylistically related to porcelain and enamel painting techniques, used by factories near Moscow, flower motifs on printed cotton, produced by the Ivanovo factories, and Lukutin miniatures (see Fedoskino miniatures).

Zhostovo handicrafts began early in the 18th century, when Ossip Filippovich Vishnyakov opened his workshop there in 1825.

[1] The Vishnyakov workshop sold products made from papier-mâché, including boxes, cigar cases, and trays.

[1] In the 19th century, in some of Moscows's suburbs and villages of former Troitsk oblast appeared some workshops for manufacturing lacquered products made of papier-mâché.