Fabergé : imperial jeweler / Géza von Habsburg, Marina Lopato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Habsburg, Géza von.

Contributor:

Lopato, M. N. (Marina Nikolaevna)

Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)

Fabergé Arts Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fabergé (Firm)--Exhibitions.

Fabergé (Firm).

Fabergé, Peter Carl, 1846-1920--Exhibitions.

Fabergé, Peter Carl.

Art objects, Russian--Exhibitions.

Art objects, Russian.

Goldwork--Russia (Federation)--Exhibitions.

Goldwork.

Silverwork--Russia (Federation)--Exhibitions.

Silverwork.

Enamel and enameling--Russia (Federation)--Exhibitions.

Enamel and enameling.

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918--Art patronage--Exhibitions.

Nicholas.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

476 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Petersburg : State Hermitage Museum ; Washington, DC : Faberge Arts Foundation ; New York : Abrams, 1994.

Summary:

A history and collection of the work of Carl Faberge, Imperial Jewler to the Russian Court around the turn of the century, who is most famous for his stunning Easter eggs.

Contents:

A Treasure Found in Solianka Street / Tatiana Muntian

Tracing Faberge Treasures after 1918 / Alexander von Solodkoff

Faberge and America / Paul Schaffer

'Fauxberge' / Geza von Habsburg

Catalogue of Works

Hallmarks / Geza von Habsburg

Birbaum Memoirs.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 18-Aug. 15, 1993; Museé des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, Sept. 24, 1993-Jan. 2, 1994; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, Jan. 26-April 10, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-464) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Mrs. Wm. E. Hedges.

ISBN:

0810933209

9780810933200

0883971100

9780883971109

OCLC:

28063920