 At the same time, the building is definitely Muscovite; the shape of its frieze repeats the lines of nearby Hotel Metropol.The majolica mosaic of a falcon flying over a stormy sea was made by Nikolay Sapunov (of Mir Iskusstva art group).The subject of this picture itself is a double citation – from Maxim Gorky's "Song of a falcon" (1899) and from nearby Moscow Art Theater's "Seagull" symbol (1903).