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Russian wood painting handicraft style and national ornament, known for its vivid flower patterns, red and gold colors over a black background.
Though the items are wooden, they look like gilded metal, and their golden surface and ornaments are shot with soft metallic luster. The Khokhloma masters have an original technology of painting wood golden without the use of gold.
Khokhloma painting got its name after the trading settlement of Khokhloma in Nizhni Novgorod Province.
There are two main types of Khokhloma painting: upper painting - red and black ornaments against the golden background; and background painting - golden ornaments against a colored background.