Peter Carl Faberge, goldsmith and jeweller to the Russian imperial court : his life and work
Although nearly 50 years have passed since the celebrated Fabergé workshops, under the stresses of war and revolution, closed their doors forever, the mere name of Fabergé still has a special significance for collectors and lovers of rare and beautiful works of art. Once goldsmiths and jewellers to the courts of Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II, and creators of exquisite objects for royal and wealthy patrons throughout Europe, the famous Fabergé products, relics of a vanished age, are now scattered through the world's museums and private collections. They possess immediately recognizable qualities -- imagination, unerring taste and perfection both in design and execution. This pride in superb craftsmanship, this self-imposition of the highest standards was what made Peter Carl Fabergé unique. It was a tradition which he passed on to his sons and to his workmasters, linking him with the great artist-craftsmen of earlier centuries. Nobody has been better equipped to reveal the background and rise to fame of this extraordinary man than the late H.C. Bainbridge, friend of his early years in Petersburg, and later manager of his London branch in Dover Street. His story is authoritative and delightfully personal, his reminiscences vividly conjuring up the atmosphere of the carefree Edwardian age. The illustrations selected display an astonishing range of Fabergé articles -- the incredibly ornate Easter eggs presented twice a year to the Czar's family, gold cigarette boxes, clocks, miniature pieces of furniture, enamelled parasol holders, sprays of fruit and flowers in pearls and diamonds, figures of birds and animals in jasper and rhodonite and beautifully fashioned models of Russian peasants and cossacks. - Jacket flap.
"Although nearly 50 years have passed since the celebrated Fabergé workshops, under the stresses of war and revolution, closed their doors forever, the mere name of Fabergé still has a special significance for collectors and lovers of rare and beautiful works of art. Once goldsmiths and jewellers to the courts of Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II, and creators of exquisite objects for royal and wealthy patrons throughout Europe, the famous Fabergé products, relics of a vanished age, are now scattered through the world's museums and private collections. They possess immediately recognizable qualities -- imagination, unerring taste and perfection both in design and execution. This pride in superb craftsmanship, this self-imposition of the highest standards was what made Peter Carl Fabergé unique. It was a tradition which he passed on to his sons and to his workmasters, linking him with the great artist-craftsmen of earlier centuries. Nobody has been better equipped to reveal the background and rise to fame of this extraordinary man than the late H.C. Bainbridge, friend of his early years in Petersburg, and later manager of his London branch in Dover Street. His story is authoritative and delightfully personal, his reminiscences vividly conjuring up the atmosphere of the carefree Edwardian age. The illustrations selected display an astonishing range of Fabergé articles -- the incredibly ornate Easter eggs presented twice a year to the Czar's family, gold cigarette boxes, clocks, miniature pieces of furniture, enamelled parasol holders, sprays of fruit and flowers in pearls and diamonds, figures of birds and animals in jasper and rhodonite and beautifully fashioned models of Russian peasants and cossacks. - Jacket flap."@en
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