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The history of Faberge
Carl Fabergé was a brilliant artist and a great businessman. Not only was he the official Russian Imperial Court Jeweler, but he also supplied jewelry to the most prominent clients in the world, such as the kings of Sweden and Norway, the King of Great Britain, the King of Siam and many others. Fabergé won numerous awards, such as Russia’s St. Stanislav and St. Anna prizes, the Bulgarian Commander prize, and the French Honourable legion prize.
Fabergé also received a number of gold medals at Russian and international exhibitions. Finally, he created the largest jewelry firm in Russia, which eventually defined the jewelry production at the turn of the 20th century. At this time Saint Petersburg was considered one of the jewelry capitals of the world.
Since a young man Carl was an inquisitive boy closely observing his father’s work. Gustav Fabergé told his son about his education with the top five jewelers of St. Petersburg, and his tutors included the Court jeweler Keibel, and the master Spiegel. Hoping to give the best education to
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History of the Fabergé Family
Gustav Fabergé founded the jewellery firm of Fabergé in 1842 in the old capital of St Petersburg. After the closure of the business in 1917 Carl Fabergé went overseas and his grandson Theo Fabergé was born in London in 1922.
ANCIENT ROOTS
The Fabergé family is French by origin. Their home had been the village of La Bouteille in the Picardy region of North Eastern France. They were Huguenots in a predominantly Roman Catholic country. In 1685 King Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes and they lost religious freedom and civil liberty.
THE ESCAPE FROM CATHOLIC FRANCE
In the years subsequent to 1685 a quarter of a million French Huguenots fled their country to settle in England the Netherlands the fledgling United States and Russia.
The Fabergés went first to Schwedt-an-der-Oder in Eastern Germany. Then in 1800 to Pernau in the Russian Baltic province of Livonia – today part of Estonia.
During the previous 100 years the influence of Czar Peter the Great and his cosmopolitan experience had made Russia an attractive coun
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THE HOUSE OF FABERGE. RUSSIAN FOUNDED IN 1842 AND FLOURISHED UNDER PETER CARL FABERGE (1846-1920)
Peter Carl Fabergé is associated with perfect craftsmanship, superior design and fine taste. Fabergé objects continue to be prized by the discerning and are to be found among royal and eminemt private collections as well as world museums. The firm had modest beginnings: in 1842, Gustave Fabergé, of French Huguenot descent opened a silver and jewellery shop in St. Petersburg, which in 1870 was taken over by his 24 year old son, Peter Carl (b. St. Petersburg), who rapidly transformed the small and conventional business into Russia's and one of Europe's most fashionabel house of jewellery. He had a remarkable skill for organisation and at one time employed over 500 artistes and crafsmen. In 1882 he was joined by his younger brother, Agathon from Dresden. Peter Carl acted as the artistic and commercial director, while the technical management was entrusted to his head workmasters, notably Erik Kollin, Michael Perchin, Henrik Wigström, Julius Rappoport an
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