Tilbud

Toby Faber

Fabergé’s Eggs One man’s masterpieces and the end of an empire

DKK 120,00 DKK 105,00

Varenr. 76.33 / H11 – Uindbundet. – 2009. – Illustreret med sort-hvide og farvefotografier. – 324 sider. – Pænt eksemplar. –  120 DKK. – TILBUD 105 DKK

Between 1885 and 1916, Carl Fabergé made fifty faboulous jewelled eggs – Ester presents from Russia’s last two emperors to their wives. Since the brutal murder of the last tsar and his family in a Siberian basement, these eggs have become symbols of the Romanov Empire: Both supreme examples of the jeweller’s art and the vulgar playtihings of a decadent court on the brink of revolution.

Pan Books - 2009

På lager

Beskrivelse

INDHOLD:  Romanov family tree. – Fabergé family tree. – Christ is risen ! – As precius as an egg on Christ’s own day ! – A continuation of the long funeral ceremonies. – Utterly different in character, habits and outlook. – The warm and brilliant shop of Carl Fabergé. – The ancestor who appeals to me least of all. – We shall have to show dirty nappies. – A good, religious , simple-minded Russian. – The little one will not die. – An unparalleled genius. – Fabergé has just brougth your delightful egg. – Everything seems sad. – Guard it well. It is the last. – This is life no more. – You will have all of it when I am gone. – Determining their fate irrevocably in af few moments. – Pick out gold, silver and platimum from articles of minimal museum value. – I know tha May was passionalely fond of fine jewellery. – Old civilisations put to the sword. – Turn of the century trinkets. – He who dies with the most toys wins. – Handle it and then question i; that thing is as right as rain. – You can put all your eggs in one basket. – Appendix – full listing of the imperial eggs. – Glossary. – Notes. – Bibliography. – Index. – Acknowledgement.