Our co-operative received an order from an avid American collector for complex large chest with a fairytale on by the of the top Palekh master N.Lopatin. Many technical requests were produced for that museum quality piece: very high details of the facial expressions, hands, clothing for the figures; many miniature figures on; very creative and unique borders and some others and it was asked that the artwork to be the artist's original composition, not a copy of his previously done one.

L.Pirogova indicates that Lopatin makes an accent on the most important for him, subjecting all the composition for his main idea and building the circles of the action from the top to the bottom. He experiments with the colors a lot using different shades of the main red/orange, brown and green, putting the stresses by them on the roles of the heros of that exciting fairytale.

After nearly a year of work the chest was done and we received many compliments from happy customer. He told us that: "?On the Flying Ship box I liked the way artist made almost every figure with an individual personality and facial expressions, I also liked the interaction between the figures?flowers in the vase painted in several places? I very much like the dots that the artist uses to highlight the eyes of the figures?I would like to say that I am very pleased with the results of the commissioned N.Lopatin Flying Ship box". We are also very proud for that true masterpiece.