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Faberge in London: The British Branch of the Imperial Russian Goldsmith

Faberge in London: The British Branch of the Imperial Russian Goldsmith

McCarthy, Kieran

Hardcover

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Publisher Price: $95.00

ISBN10: 1851498281
ISBN13: 9781851498284
Publisher: Acc Art Books
Published: Feb 22 2017
Pages: 240
Weight: 4.15
Height: 1.10 Width: 9.60 Depth: 12.00
Language: English
-The first book to be dedicated to the British branch of Fabergé, covering its fascinating history from its opening in 1903, to its closure in 1917 Royalty, Aristocrats, American heiresses, exiled Russian Grand Dukes, Randlords, Maharajas, Socialites and Financiers with newly made fortunes flocked to Fabergé in London to buy gifts for each other. The Imperial Russian Goldsmith's London branch was the only one outside of Russia and its jeweled and enameled contents were as popular there as they were in St. Petersburg or Moscow. Using previously unreferenced sources and a newly discovered archive of papers relating to Fabergé in London, Kieran McCarthy studies the branch's structure, customers and exclusive stock. The book will be of interest to enthusiasts of the decorative arts, the social history of the Edwardian Golden Age and especially of European Royalty. Fabergé's works were and continue to be intimately associated with the British Royal Family. For Violet Trefusis, daughter of King Edward VII's mistress Mrs. Keppel and lover of Vita Sackville-West, a Fabergé cigarette case was the emblem of Royalty, as symbolical as the 'bookies' cigar', or the 'ostler's straw'.

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