Faberge Art

Faberge and Mir Iskusstva ("World of Art")

Faberge was associated with Mir Iskusstva ("World of Art"), a movement founded in 1898. Members of Mir Iskusstva took particular interest in the applied arts, as well as in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian artistic movements.

Faberge Biography

Peter Carl Faberge (1846-1920) stands as a representative of a vanished age: the age of the Tsar and the fabulously rich imperial court in Russia. It was an age of empires and European monarchies that was brought to an end forever by the World War I (1914-1918)...

Faberge Collection

Faberge collection of Faberge's objects de virtue was highly labor-intensive. For example, many hours of hand-buffing were required to give an enamel object a velvety finish.

Faberge Eggs

Faberge's fame rests on his achievement in creating the series of Faberge eggs collection - the result of an act of patronage on the grand scale by the Imperial family of Russia.

Faberge Enamel

Faberge enamel techniques - the powerful and expressiveness tool of Faberge production.

Faberge Stone Carving

Faberge's hard stone carvings of animals are distinguished not only for a most appropriate use of hard stone-for example, the use of pearly-black obsidian for a penguin or milky-pink chalcedony for a pig-but also for the injection of "character."

Gold and Silver in St. Petersburg

The age-old orientation of St. Petersburg toward Western European culture and art persisted up to the early years of the twentieth century.