Fabulous and famed fine-art objects, the Fabergé egg will soon be making a comeback thanks to a new licensing agreement that will allow new egg creations.
Fabergé originally started in Russia by Gustav Fabergé who opened his first jewelry shop in 1842, but it was really the son of Gustav and Charlotte Fabergé, Carl (b.1846), who helped the art of jewelry making transcend into fantastic fine art. Carl Fabergé took great pains to educate himself and to refine his aesthetic by visiting the grand museums of Europe, sometimes called The Grand Tour.
Easter is the most important holiday for Christians and this also held true for the Russian Orthodox Tsar Alexander III. To celebrate the Easter of 1885 and his 25th wedding anniversary to Tsarina Maria Federovna, Tsar Alexander commissioned Carl Fabergé to create something appropriate for both occasions. The end product, the magical jeweled Fabergé egg, started a tradition that carries over into the 21st century.
The first Fabergé egg created by Fabergé looked simple enough on the outside, a plain enameled egg with an ivory-colored shell. But once the egg was opened there was a golden yolk that contained a golden hen. Inside the hen was a diamond miniature of the royal crown of Russia and a ruby egg. Tsarina Maria was so enraptured with her gift that the Tsar commissioned an egg from Fabergé for his wife for every Easter, a tradition that was continued by his son Tsar Nicholas II. By the time the the Russian Revolution came in 1917, only 69 eggs were created that art historians know about today.
The brand name Fabergé was used for a while to sell Brüt cologne for men. The new Fabergé brand name has the support of two of the Fabergé descendants, Tatiana and Sarah Fabergé. Pallinghurst is the new owner of Fabergé and they have hired Mark Dunhill former president of Alfred Dunhill as chief executive. Katharina Flohr a former jewelry editor for the Tatler is Fabergé's new creative director.
The key characteristics of a Fabergé egg are its fine craftsmanship and the element of creative surprise. Ultimately, the Fabergé Egg is a fine art luxury item fit for a king or a tsar. Let’s hope the new Fabergé can revive this former gem of a brand to its royal and upscale place.
A more in depth look at the history of Fabergé: www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/faberge_nav/main_fabfrm.HTML
Wonderful list of all Fabergé eggs here:
mieks.com/Faberge2/index2.htm
Source:
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/lf_nm_life/faberge_egg_dc
Fabergé originally started in Russia by Gustav Fabergé who opened his first jewelry shop in 1842, but it was really the son of Gustav and Charlotte Fabergé, Carl (b.1846), who helped the art of jewelry making transcend into fantastic fine art. Carl Fabergé took great pains to educate himself and to refine his aesthetic by visiting the grand museums of Europe, sometimes called The Grand Tour.
Easter is the most important holiday for Christians and this also held true for the Russian Orthodox Tsar Alexander III. To celebrate the Easter of 1885 and his 25th wedding anniversary to Tsarina Maria Federovna, Tsar Alexander commissioned Carl Fabergé to create something appropriate for both occasions. The end product, the magical jeweled Fabergé egg, started a tradition that carries over into the 21st century.
The first Fabergé egg created by Fabergé looked simple enough on the outside, a plain enameled egg with an ivory-colored shell. But once the egg was opened there was a golden yolk that contained a golden hen. Inside the hen was a diamond miniature of the royal crown of Russia and a ruby egg. Tsarina Maria was so enraptured with her gift that the Tsar commissioned an egg from Fabergé for his wife for every Easter, a tradition that was continued by his son Tsar Nicholas II. By the time the the Russian Revolution came in 1917, only 69 eggs were created that art historians know about today.
The brand name Fabergé was used for a while to sell Brüt cologne for men. The new Fabergé brand name has the support of two of the Fabergé descendants, Tatiana and Sarah Fabergé. Pallinghurst is the new owner of Fabergé and they have hired Mark Dunhill former president of Alfred Dunhill as chief executive. Katharina Flohr a former jewelry editor for the Tatler is Fabergé's new creative director.
The key characteristics of a Fabergé egg are its fine craftsmanship and the element of creative surprise. Ultimately, the Fabergé Egg is a fine art luxury item fit for a king or a tsar. Let’s hope the new Fabergé can revive this former gem of a brand to its royal and upscale place.
A more in depth look at the history of Fabergé: www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/faberge_nav/main_fabfrm.HTML
Wonderful list of all Fabergé eggs here:
mieks.com/Faberge2/index2.htm
Source:
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/lf_nm_life/faberge_egg_dc
