Samovar Tapestries

Elephant and Samovar

Traditional afternoon tea in good company is very relaxing. There isn´t anything a cup of tea would not cure. Designs-and-Dreams.

The Mother by Maxim Gorky. 1906 This time Russia and the writer of the oppressed.

Illustration of traditional Russian food in cartoon style. Samovar and pies

Back before there were cafes and coffee franchises on every corner, before there were home espresso systems that gleam like aircraft cockpits and coffee makers that do everything but drink a cup for you, there were sleepy people who needed to wake up, and there was Mrs. Samovar. A sturdy and cheerful immigrant from the wilds of what is now Belarus, Mrs. Samovar journeyed to the U.S., bring little else than her omnipresent pipe and a bracing recipe for brewed coffee that earned her the title the Countess of Caffeine. “Black as night and sweet as sin” she’d chuckle in her heavy accent before dispensing dainty cups of her eye-opening beverage rumored to cause full-blown panic attacks in the uninitiated. Soon the town simply slept in withou...

Love your morning coffee? Enjoy a rainy afternoon with a cup of freshly brewed tea? This is the design for you.

Sunflowers in samovar The silver container’s name is a Samovar, whit is “a heated container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia, as well as in other Slavic nations. Since the heated water is usually used for making tea, many samovars have an attachment on top of its lid to hold and heat a teapot filled with tea concentrate.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samovar Colored pencil on Stonehenge white paper 10x8

CCCP and Russia related design. Russian travel icons, Soviet symbols, Russian culture, and folk art icons. Colorful icons pattern. Great gift for students who study the Russian language and culture, for travelers who have plans to visit a cold big country.