Fabergé

The Imperial Eggs

• Author(s): Christopher Forbes, Johann Georg Hohenzollern (Prinz von.), Irina Aleksandrovna Rodimt︠s︡eva,
• Publisher: San Diego Museum of Art
• Pages: 119
• ISBN_10: 093710809X
  ISBN_13: 9780937108093
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Antiques & Collectibles / Jewelry , Art / General , Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General , Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections , Art / Russian & Soviet ,

Description:... Masterful photographs of each of the eggs, which include the spectacular Trans-Siberian Railway Egg and the Coronation Egg, are accompanied by detailed descriptions. The essays explore the history of the Fabergé workshops and family, the critical fortunes of Fabergé products, and the stylistic sources of the imperial eggs, while offering comments on the items in the Kremlin and Forbes collections. The book also contains an illustrated catalogue of all know imperial eggs, a chronology of the house of Fabergé, notes on its leading craftsmen, a selected bibliography, and a glossary.