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The skill of marquetry (inlaid wood) became known hundreds of years ago. However, despite one hundred years, it has not lost its relevance,giving the globe the amazing in the beauty items that could beautify the royal chambers. The simple fact the best place has become themarquetry about the modern art market, the portal AuctionLot said Nikolai Serov, a famous Russian master of order marquetry furniture.

- Please tell us just a little of you and exactly how you will get were only available in an uncommon art form - marquetry.

- I was born in Sokol, Vologda region, my family is certainly creative individuals. According to the stories of his father, mygrandfather, who died at the front in 1943 in Leningrad, he was a famous cabinetmaker. A grandmother was engaged in lace(weaving Vologda lace) and it was considered on the list of masters in the industry among the best. Her works were for export only. Myfather - also comprehensively developed personality about him said: Master golden hands

My desire for several types of applied art began during his school years: woodcut, relief carving, geometrical carving, chasing, - it had been interesting. But a really strong impression on me the picture I saw, came once to go to a pal. It absolutely was a little operation onRussian folk tales, carved from pieces of kinds of wood and composed as being a mosaic, in a single unit. However was surprised, whenever you can, using only natural wood with no colors, increase the risk for bet on color and texture to choose ??? Only years later Ilearned it's my first encounter with marquetry style. Gone are the a few years decades is always to learn this art and master it toperfection.

- Earlier in Russia could order items with marquetry only very wealthy people, today the problem changed or wooden inlay isstill only accessible towards the elite?

- Indeed, before such products in tsarist Russia can afford only loaded people - Count Sheremetev, Golitsyn, Tsar AlexeiMikhailovich and also the court nobility. I do believe that today your situation has not changed. True inlay available is still just the elite, butnew technologies let produce simplified kinds of marquetry, but you are far inferior to manual work. No doubt that theproduct place on stream, will never be the masterpieces of the highest level.

- Everbody knows, the therapy lamp received the best flowering of art in Europe is different than a Russian school of marquetry fromWestern European?

- Development of the Russian school of marquetry was closely linked to the continuing development of this art in numerous Europeancountries. Teachers of Russian masters were outstanding artists of Italy, France, Holland. This, in my opinion, is a result of the lack of a unified style, a sort of layering, that was the hallmark on this form of art in Russia. We were capable of take in good the setand create something of these diversity.

- In tsarist Russia unit could only handle marquetry, this sort of art require special knowledge and talent. How many artists today,capable of create masterpieces beyond wood?

- Currently, the masters, in a position to create masterpieces of wood - one, as this sort of art requires perseverance, attention,expertise in the many type of trees, a feeling of taste, style and talent to get a tree in color, texture. Specialists, whoare attached to marquetry may be called through the names of everyone who's considered an experienced in this case. Each master their ownstyle, its personality.

- So far as today, popular products, stated in the style of marquetry? After all, they're more like the traditions of bygone centuriesand poorly coupled with modern design.