Veniz, Krestetsky snowflakes, Yelets lace - unique openwork products decorate the VDNH New Year tree alley
The decor of the Ryazan fir tree is made in delicate white colors — the emphasis is on luxurious products of "Veniz lace".
Veniz comes from the word "Venice". According to the legend, Peter the Great wanted the Russian nobility to wear clothes with lace, so he invited Venetian lacemakers to the convent of Kadom, and they taught the nuns their art. On the basis of Venetian lace Kadom needlewomen created their own version, which was called "veniz". Unlike lace, it is made with a needle and thread and has a fabric base.
A fir tree of the Vologda region is covered with delicate lace. The Vologda region is very rich in folk arts and crafts — there are Vologda lace, northern niello, Vologda enamel. The brightest element of the decoration is, of course, Vologda lace. Real handmade products are presented on the fir tree. All the main images in the Vologda lace are made by dense, smoothly winding linen braid.
Ornaments and patterns of the unique "Krestetsky stitching" found their place in the decoration and large snowflakes of the Novgorod New Year spruce at VDNH. Peasant women applied a special embroidery on linen cloth, turning it into openwork. The technique involves the preliminary pulling of threads from the fabric in one or two directions. Embroidery is created by "twisting" the threads and filling the resulting after "yanking" mesh with various patterns.
Garlands imitating the famous Yelets lace became a special accent on the fir tree of the Lipetsk region. Yelets lace weaving was formed in the late XVIII — early XIX centuries on the basis of samples brought from Europe - from Germany, Belgium and France, but soon local artists emerged and developed their own distinctive style.
Small samples of shawls, imitation of balls of down, stylized spindle and spokes and even angels in transparent balls dressed in down garments — all these elements of the world-famous folk craft of the region became the basis of the New Year decoration of the Orenburg region. The Orenburg down shawl received world recognition in 1857, when it was presented at the World Fair in Paris. The down shawl became a fashionable accessory at that time.
Orlovsky spis — the most complicated embroidery with sacred meaning — became the main accent of the Orel region's New Year tree. The main peculiarity of the "Orlovsky spis" technique is a smooth shifting of one form into another, a kind of fluidity. There is even a legend that in order to obtain this fluidity the craftswomen memorized and reproduced patterns from frosty windows in winter. This technique was used to embroider ceremonial towels, less often tablecloths (tabletops).
