Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Habsburg, Géza von.

Publication

St. Petersburg : State Hermitage Museum ; Washington, DC : Faberge Arts Foundation ; New York : Abrams, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors

• Lopato, M. N. (Marina Nikolaevna)
• Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
• Fabergé Arts Foundation.

Description

476 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Subject

• Fabergé, Peter Carl, 1846-1920 > Exhibitions
• Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 > Art patronage > Exhibitions
• Fabergé (Firm) > Exhibitions
• Art objects, Russian > Exhibitions
• Goldwork > Russia (Federation) > Exhibitions
• Silverwork > Russia (Federation) > Exhibitions
• Enamel and enameling > Russia (Federation) > Exhibitions

Note

• 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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 462-464) and index.

Contents

• Director's Statement / Mikhail Piotrovski -- Director's Statement / Elizabeth Esteve-Coll -- Sponsor's Statement / Parfums Faberge -- Introduction / Faberge Arts Foundation -- Foreword / Geza von Habsburg and Marina Lopato -- Faberge in Our Time / A. Kenneth Snowman -- History of the House of Faberge / Geza von Habsburg -- Chronology of the House of Faberge in Its Time / Geza von Habsburg -- New Insights into Faberge from Russian Documents / Marina Lopato -- A Few Remarks Concerning Imperial Easter Eggs / Marina Lopato -- Imperial Easter Eggs: A Technical Study / Carol Aiken -- New Light on the Workshop of Henrik Wigstrom / Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm -- The Moscow Workshops / Anne Odom -- Faberge and the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle / Geza von Habsburg -- The London Branch / Geza von Habsburg -- Faberge Drawings in the Hermitage Collection / Karina Orlova and Larisa Zavadskaia -- Faberge's Houses in St. Petersburg / Boris Ometov -- Kshesinskaia's Memories / Galina Smorodinova.
• 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.

ISBN

0810933209

LCCN

93004398

OCLC

• 47706596
• ocm47706596

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries