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Royal Fabergé

Door Caroline de Guitaut

Categorie
Edelmetalen & Metalen
Boeknummer
#364932-KG21
Titel
Royal Fabergé
Auteur
Guitaut, Caroline de
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Royal Collection Publications
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
1905686374
ISBN13
9781905686377
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, family tree on endpapers, illustrated with colour photographs, square (circa 20x20cm).
Samenvatting
Carl Fabergé's popularity with the two Danish princesses Alexandra and her sister Dagmar, and their respective marriages into the English and Russian royal families, brought Fabergé's works to the notice of royalty across Europe, with the patronage of Alexandra's husband, King Edward VII, eclipsing even that of his wife. Fabergé's exquisite miniature models and hardstone carvings - embellished with rubies, diamonds and gold - were exchanged between the royal families of Europe and beyond for birthdays and anniversaries, as well as Christmas gifts. This new publication looks at 100 examples of Faberge's masterpieces across six generations of the British royal family, from Queen Victoria to the present day, and examines their tastes as patrons and collectors of these fas... (Lees verder)cinating works. It includes examples from their personal collections, some of which have never been published before, as well as material from the Royal Archives and Fabergé's own workshop accounts.
Pagina's
156
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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