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До конца ноября в Нью-Йоркеработает выставка, на которой можно увидеть экспонаты частной коллекции семьи потомственных ювелиров. Среди них — знаменитые пасхальные яйца Фаберже, которые делались по заказу …

Clockwork Toys of Philosophers and Czars, Automata Retain their Power to Astonish.

In the Russia of Czar Nicholas II, no secret was more closely guarded than the surprises inside the precious eggs he gave to his wife and mother each Easter. Even Nicholas himself didn’t know in advance what was coming from Peter Carl Fabergé’s St. Petersburg shop. He simply expected to be astounded.

Fabergé’s craftsmen labored year-round to meet that directive. They once wrought a miniature …

… seen great and turbulent times in history – from our founding in 1851 in Kiev to our leaving Russia with the Communist takeover of private business to our shop in Paris and then the advance of the Nazis – and NOW: New York – our home.

The art market is a turbulent place too – it always has been – and that is why we continue to offer a “helping hand” to collectors – we have expertise borne of years in the field of the decorative arts including, of course, Russian …

… is red, it is understood. However, in the nineteenth century (during the reign of Alexander III of Russia 1881-1894) the green variety was discovered and was called ‘demantoid’ (demon-like) because they thought that the devil had changed the color. (The most popular myth for the origin of the name is ‘diamond like’, something quite far from actuality.) This green is due to calcium and iron. Today there are other green varieties as well as other reddish varieties such as the …