Faberge`s Eggs

The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire
by Faber, Toby

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Chronicles the history of Faberge`s imperial Easter eggs and of their maker, the Russian tsars who commissioned them, and the collectors who fell in love with them, looking at their meticulous craftsmanship, unimaginable wealth, and significance both a...

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Author:: Faber, Toby

ISBN:: 9781400065509
Format:: Hardcover
Pages:: 302
Publish Date:: 10/07/2008
Publisher:: Random House, Inc.
Language:: English

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In 1885 Czar Alexander III presented his wife, Marie, with a spectacularly crafted Easter egg. Over the next three decades, its creator, Carl FabergE, made 49 more such eggs filled with jeweled surprises and exquisitely detailed paintings for the czar's family. Faber (Stradivari's Genius), former managing director of his family's firm, Faber & Faber, describes the eggs in loving, mouthwatering detail, bolstering his claim that the French-born jeweler led the Russian aristocracy to appreciate fine jewelry design over sheer gem size. FabergE's influence also spread westward. In England, Marie's sister, Queen Alexandra, also developed a passion for FabergE. Many of the eggs wound up in the United States after the canny businessman Armand Hammer made a deal with the Soviets to buy nearly one-third of them. Eventual owners included Egypt's King Farouk and cereal heiress Marjorie Meriweather Post. Faber frustratingly devotes far more ink to Romanov history and the precious eggs' twisted paths after leaving Russia than he does to the man who designed them. But the details he does provide--such as Hammer's unscrupulous dealings--make for a tantalizing read. 16 pages of color photos. (Oct. 7) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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