Research Catalog

Title

Fabergé's animals : a royal farm in miniature / Caroline de Guitaut.

Author

Guitaut, Caroline de.

Publication

London : Royal Collection, 2010.

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Details

Description

117 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"In 1907 King Edward VII and his consort, Queen Alexandra, commissioned Peter Carl Fabergé to create miniature hardstone carvings of all the animals on their sprawling country estate at Sandringham in Norfolk. Domestic or wild, each creature was to be rendered in hardstone adorned with rose diamonds, emeralds, and rubies by the celebrated Russian goldsmith and jeweler, whose name was already synonymous the world over with opulence and grandeur. Fabergé's Animals takes the reader on a dazzling tour of the Sandringham commission—the largest collection of Fabergé's hardstone animal carvings in existence. The book brings the magic of this miniature menagerie to life with photographs, sketches, and other documentary material—some never before seen—from both the Russian and royal archives. Along with a historical introduction to the royal patronage behind the commission, this stunning volume includes information on Fabergé's workshops and carvers, and the materials and special techniques they employed"--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Windsor, House of > Art patronage
• Fabergé (Firm) > Catalogs
• Sandringham House (Sandringham, England) > Art collections > Catalogs
• Gem carving > Russia (Federation) > Catalogs
• Animals in art > Catalogs
• Art objects, Russian > Catalogs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Fabergé at Sandringham -- Dogs and cats -- Horses -- The farmward -- The estate.

ISBN

• 9781905686124 (hbk.)
• 1905686129 (hbk.)

OCLC

587209521

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library