Nesting Dolls
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Matryoshkas are often designed to follow a particular theme, for instance peasant girls in traditional dress, but the http://www.limosbeverlyhills.com/ theme can be anything, from fairy tale characters to Soviet leaders.
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Matryoshkas date from 1890, and are said to have been inspired by souvenir dolls from Japan |
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| However, the concept of nested objects was familiar in Russia, having been applied to carved peg apples and Easter eggs; the first Fabergé egg, in 1885, had a nesting of egg, yolk, hen, and chick. |