Author: FABER, TOBY.
Title: Faberge's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story Of The Masterpieces That Outlived An Empire.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [xii], 324; text illustrated with 16 pages of coloured and b/w. photographs, family tree, full listing of the imperial eggs, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy. London; Macmillan; 2008. Between 1885 and 1916, Carl Faberge made fifty fabulous jeweled eggs - Easter presents from Russia's last two emperors to their wives. They have become the most famous surviving symbols of the Romanov Empire: supreme examples of the jeweler's art, but, to some, the vulgar playthings of a decadent court on the brink of revolution. Every one of these masterpieces is a slice of history, with each telling its own remarkable story.
Keywords: art history faberge eggs history
Title: Faberge's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story Of The Masterpieces That Outlived An Empire.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [xii], 324; text illustrated with 16 pages of coloured and b/w. photographs, family tree, full listing of the imperial eggs, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy. London; Macmillan; 2008. Between 1885 and 1916, Carl Faberge made fifty fabulous jeweled eggs - Easter presents from Russia's last two emperors to their wives. They have become the most famous surviving symbols of the Romanov Empire: supreme examples of the jeweler's art, but, to some, the vulgar playthings of a decadent court on the brink of revolution. Every one of these masterpieces is a slice of history, with each telling its own remarkable story.
Keywords: art history faberge eggs history
Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 114780
- Book number: 114780