Towards the end of the 19th century, the master jewelers of the Western world began to shed the 18th-century anonymity under which such artist-craftsmen had generally worked. They emerged as individual voices, discarding the bland, predictable standards of the earlier era in jewelry design in favour of evocative new creations. The renowned ...
From intricate jewelry to the magnificent imperial Easter eggs created for the Russian czars, this stunning volume contains hundreds of examples of Carl Faberge's exquisite artistry. The authoritative text, by one of the world's leading experts on the artist, offers new insights into Faberge's amazing work, as well as his studios, patrons, ...
The world's leading expert examines the best examples of the art of the goldsmith throughout Europe. Public, private and royal collections from all over the world have co-operated with the extensive and detailed research which has produced what has come to be recognised as the standard work on the subject. The materials used, techniques employed ...
For more than 25 years, Carl Faberge and his firm served as jeweller and goldsmith to the tsars of Russia, European royalty, and the powerful and influential throughout the world. The masterpieces created by Faberge in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are almost legendary treasures of superb workmanship and originality. A. Kenneth Snowman ...
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