Fabergé and the Russian crafts tradition
Subtitle: an empire's legacy
By: Margaret Kelly Trombly with William R. Johnston, Karen Kettering, Robert Mintz, and Diana Scarisbrick
Contributors: Fabergé, Peter Carl, 1846-1920, artist; Johnston, William R., author; Kettering, Karen L., 1966- author; Mintz, Robert (Robert Michael), author; Scarisbrick, Diana, author; Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780500480229
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: History; Russian Art objects; Folk art; Exhibitions; Fabergé (Firm); Decorative arts; Russian Art
Description: This book gives a fascinating overview of Russian decorative art, revealing a highly accomplished crafts tradition that persisted over nine centuries. It includes works by Peter Carl Faberge and his workshop, jeweled Byzantine icons, silver drinking vessels, and intricate enamels. Featured are two extraordinary Faberge eggs that were once in the Russian Imperial collection, including one that opens up to reveal a miniature gold replica of the Gatchina Palace, near St. Petersburg. The decorative arts had flourished in Russia under the patronage of the tsars and their court, whose apparently limitless resources supported the production of some of the most technically sophisticated works of art ever made.
Notes: Published in collaboration with the Walters Art Museum.

This publication accompanies the exhibition Faberge and the Russian craft tradition: An empire's legacy at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, from 12 November 2017 to 27 May 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Julia Marciari-Alexander; title: Introduction / Robert Mintz and William R. Johnston; title: Baron Stieglitz, the Polovtsov family, and the pursuit of art / Karen Kettering; title: Alexandre Polovtsoff / Diana Scarisbrick; title: Imperial Russian jewelery / Diana Scarisbrick; title: Catalogue / Margaret Kelly Trombly; title: Late nineteenth-to early twentieth-century Russian enamel artisans / William R. Johnston.