Jewels from imperial St. Petersburg /
Tillander-Godenheilm, Ulla.
St. Petersburg, Russia : Liki Rossii,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Avant-propos -- Orthography and Dates -- Four Empresses -- Early History -- Chere Cousine -- Gustav III visits Catherine the Great -- From Neoclassicism to the Empire Style -- Paul I -- The Duval Family of Jewelers and the Dowries of the Young Grand Duchesses -- An Imperial Christening Gift -- The Empire Style -- Alexander I -- The Grand Duchy of Finland -- The 12,000-Ruble Mystery -- The Emperor's Tours of the Grand Duchy -- A Snuffbox Filled with Gold Ruble Coins -- Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt -- The Emergence of Historicism -- Nicholas I -- The Empress's Jewelry Chests -- The Envoy and the Princess -- Princess Zinaida Ivanovna Iusupova -- Brilliant Matches -- The Sancy Diamond -- Gifts to Friends and Godchildren -- Gustaf Ehrstrom -- Ladies of the Imperial Court -- Serving Seven Sovereigns -- The Court Jewelers Bolin -- Battle of the Styles -- Alexander II -- Nature as a Source of Inspiration -- Dictates of Fashion -- Royal Blue.
Contents note continued: A Prominent Industrialist -- Henrik Borgstrom -- The Countess Who Shocked Her Contemporaries -- A Fete Worthy an Emperor -- Myrtle, Symbol of a Happy Marriage -- The Sinebrychoff Brewing Family -- An Unlikely Friendship -- Queen Olga of Greece and Baroness Sophie von Kraemer -- Princess Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iusupova -- Fin de siecle -- Alexander III -- Navigare Necesse Est -- The Visit to Rilax -- Salmon Feasts at Langinkoski -- Sophie von Remy -- A Lonely Soul -- A Parcel from Leningrad with Surprising Contents -- Gifts from an Unknown Princess -- Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Iusupova -- The New Century -- Nicholas II -- Among the Birds and the Bees -- The Belle Epoque and Garland Style -- The Most Elegant and Best-Dressed Woman in Petrograd -- Countess Betsy Shuvalova -- The Wedding Jewelry of Princess Irina Iusupova -- A Sumptuous Fancy Ball -- Jewelry from the Taneev Pistolekors Families -- August Gifts -- The Jeweler Karl Faberge.
Jewels
Jewelry