Design thumbnail 1
Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Design

1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Prokhorovskaia (designer)
Prokhorovskaia (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Russia (made)

Design for a child's handkerchief with a decorated border and three oval cartouches containing images of a girl reading, a boy writing and a boy with a writing slate

Object details

Category
Designs
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
pencil and body colour on paper, mounted onto thin card
Pencil
Body Colour
Brief description
Design for a Russian child's educational handkerchief by the Prokhorovskaia Trekhgornia Workshop Association, 1903
Physical description
Design for a child's handkerchief with a decorated border and three oval cartouches containing images of a girl reading, a boy writing and a boy with a writing slate
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.2cm
  • Width: 35.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • [Inscribed in Russian]

    Note
    in left hand oval cartouche; writing; body colour

    Translation
    Live your letters

  • [Inscribed in Russian]

    Note
    In right hand oval cartouche; writing; body colour

    Translation
    Learn your letters

  • [Inscribed in Russian]

    Note
    In panel towards top; writing; pencil

    Translation
    Children, children get going to school Get going to school [indecipherable word] and Make sure you learn grammer reading and writing

  • [Inscribed in Russian]

    Note
    In panel towards bottom; writing; pencil

    Translation
    If I know how to write letters well and without mistakes I will be able to write my mother a letter

  • '319/3'

    Note
    On back, bottom right had side; writing; pencil

  • [Stamped in Russian]

    Note
    On back; stamping (marking); ink; 1903

    Translation
    Drawing studio of Grin / 3 June 1903

Historical context
The Russian textile firm Prokhorovskaia Trekhgornia Manufaktura was founded in Moscow by Vassily Ivanovich Prokhorov in 1799. By the end of the next century it was one of the leading textile firms in Russia, winning medals at international exhibitions for high quality textiles. The firm employed the finest designers both in Russia and abroad, especially in France. Amongst the Russian designers were A.N.Medvedskiy, L.P.Khrapunov and N.I.Cherepovkiy. The Prokhorovskaia factory was nationalised in 1918 but continued to produce finely designed textiles until 1931-32 when the fundamental archives of the factory were destroyed as not corresponding to the Communist ideology. Shortly afterwards the Company Drawing Shop which had, for many years, been under O.P.Green (Grune) (1874-1931) was also closed.
Subjects depicted
Handkerchiefs
Children
Dogs
Education
Reading
Writing
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.151-1998

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 28, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O40974/design-prokhorovskaia/
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest