"We're both collectors by nature," says Olya Thompson, referring to the samovars, national costumes, rugs, porcelains, antique books and mountains of vintage fabrics that she and partner Nathalie Farman-Farma have amassed between them and draw upon for their year-old fabric company, Tissus Tartares . ❋ Alexandra Marshall (2011)
Second on the list is the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia/Central Asia, a six-day train journey from Moscow to Beijing, where Russian businessmen, Mongolian traders and Buddhist monks gather around hot water urns known as samovars to swap stories. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Tea lovers looking for a sociable drink are advised to take the six-day train from Moscow to Beijing, where Russian businessmen, Mongolian traders and Buddhist monks gather around hot water urns known as samovars to swap stories. ❋ Unknown (2009)
By a passage the two are separated from a storeroom where, closeted behind a door to which there are a heavy, old-fashioned bolt and many iron and brass screws, Antipa preserves pledges left by his neighbours, such as samovars, ikons, winter clothing and the like. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Imperial satin and scarlet-beaded dresses; fur-trimmed, white wool, Cossack coats; distressed cashmere knits; shiny, eelskin capes; and silver-embroidered hooded and trained ball-gowns, christened "samovars", reflect the opulence of the Tsars and vanished European monarchies. ❋ Unknown (2010)
There was a period in my childhood when samovars seemed to be taking over our household. ❋ Unknown (2010)
While the British students are gawking at samovars and wooden spoons, I stand next to the shelf with these book treasures, so close and so out of reach. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)
With a Jewish-American writer who has chosen to wait for me, out of all the university women prancing around him with samovars and bubliki, I am going to be the real me. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)
“Tough guy,” he says, and walks off toward the samovars of tea, and the trays heaped with dilled herring, with fish glistening in the ruby glaze of pomegranate sauce, and with about a million different kinds of piroshki. ❋ Holly Black (2010)
George walked into the room where elegant tables were laden with trays of pastries and coffee samovars had been meticulously arranged. ❋ Laura Bush (2010)
Also available: large bronze cow heads, many samovars, and men's suiting in a variety of bold prints. ❋ Unknown (2010)
