How To Use Faberge In A Sentence
-
Consider, too, that she was in possession of a jewellery collection that included Faberge's finest and one of Marie Antoinette's diamond necklaces, and it is easy to see why courtiers gave up trying to disguise her sybaritic nature.
-
Among the items that were sold were a Faberge bejewelled gold-mounted cane.
-
A Fabergé brooch with a huge Siberian aquamarine sitting regally on top of a glittering rim of interwoven diamonds symbolizing eternity and union is breathtaking enough, but when Mr. Munn starts to tell the story of the piece it takes on an otherworldly quality.
Crowning Jewelry
-
The ultimate example of this kind of perfection, the miniaturization and delicate workmanship personified, is of course Faberge and his fabulous eggs.
Archive 2008-04-01
-
With "Fleurs d'exces" Flowers of excess, she has gone further to create unique works that recall the jeweled obsessions of times past, such as the mechanical nightingale of Hans Christian Andersen's children's tale, Faberge eggs, and the fabulous bestiaries of animals real and mythic.
Evelyne Politanoff: Victoire de Castellane and Her Fabulous "Fleurs d'exces"
-
The Mosaic, with its delicate platinum mesh exterior, set with a profusion of rubies, emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, topazes, quartzes and garnets, is perhaps the most poignant, for, like all of Faberge's eggs, it contains a surprise.
-
The legendary Faberge created a trove of treasures for the Tsars that endure as priceless examples of the craftsman's art.
-
More than 500 works, including Imperial Easter Eggs, featuredPeople are fascinated by the objects created by Karl Fabergé, not just because they are beautiful and crafted from precious metals and jewels, but also because they are associated with the last tsar of Russia, Nicholas II and his family, who were murdered in 1918 by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution.
Fabergé Revealed at Virginia Museum
-
She also wore a tiara in her hair designed by Carl Faberge in the style of a laurel wreath, set with cushion shaped diamonds.
-
An idea of the size of the royal discount can be gathered from the relative purchasing power of the British pound today; using the retail price index the sum amounts to £4,730, using average earnings, it comes to £14,500—neither figure anywhere near today's saleroom prices for Fabergé.
A Palace's Small Treasures
-
DeMille had great enthusiasm for the work of directors who were his diametric opposites: the exquisite Fabergé miniatures of Lubitsch, the poeticized emotionalism of Capra.
Empire of Dreams
-
Peter Carl Fabergé designer Mikhail Perkhin, workmaster Imperial Blue Serpent Egg Gold, blue guilloche enamel, opalescent white enamel, diamonds, sapphires
'Artistic Luxury': 100-Year-Old Bling
-
It includes maps, pictures, documents, costumes, jewelry, and bibelots by Faberge.
-
Any of these late-medieval processional crosses can be experienced as an example of craftsmanship in wood and metal, like a Faberge egg, or considered in terms of its design and the interplay of its various components.
-
Peter Carl Fabergé designer Mikhail Perkhin, workmaster Imperial Blue Serpent Egg Gold, blue guilloche enamel, opalescent white enamel, diamonds, sapphires
'Artistic Luxury': 100-Year-Old Bling
-
It became fashionable to own objects in base metal, so Faberge started to use gunmetal, copper and brass.
-
In a Chester saleroom today George Best's 1968 European Cup winner's medal comes under the hammer along with some of the late superstar's other awards, including an apparently rare Fabergé egg specially created to celebrate the same fabled 4-1 victory by Manchester United at Wembley.
Tears for souvenirs as Best and Stiles memorabilia go up for auction
-
Her favorite collectibles included jeweled fans, jewels, and objets d' art, although her overall collection included everything from royal seals to cameos and from Fabergé animals to gold boxes encrusted with jewels.
-
It was love at first sight and on our first date he gave me a Fabergé bracelet.
-
The legendary Faberge created a trove of treasures for the Tsars that endure as priceless examples of the craftsman's art.
-
Prices take a leap in the case of unadorned, silver cases by the legendary Faberge.
-
Faberge's ingenious use of enamelling on gold and silver, his stone cutting and use of precious gems, made his imperial Easter eggs works of art.
-
This doesn’t surprise, since Lubitch’s stamp of forced gaiety is all over this gilded fabergé egg of a film chronicling Catherine the Great (Tallulah Bankhead) as she seduces a young army officer (William Eythe).
2009 June : Scrubbles.net
-
If you know anything at all about the tastes of the tsars - think of the Fabergé eggs and you're there - you will understand already how spectacularly immodest the factory's output was.
-
The only debt their designs owe to the city's past are the bright pops of jewel tones as accents throughout the hotel, a nod to the famous Faberge Eggs produced in the city.
-
Some of those are rather flattered by the term "mall" – in the same way that shops in India claiming to be "fancy goods stores" sell neither Fabergé eggs nor Brabantia dustbins, but canisters of talcum powder.
Hanging out with India's first real teenagers | Aditya Chakrabortty
-
Also included is a section titled ‘Who's Who in the House of Faberge,’ giving the workmasters, the companies, and their hallmarks and other stamps.
-
What is it about Faberge that still enchants us today?
-
The table, one of only eight recorded pieces of furniture by Faberge, stands out for its sheer elegance and the subtle orchestration of silver, nephrite, and exotic palisander wood.
-
Right: A Christie's auction house guard stands next to the Rothschild Faberge egg at Christie's in London, Britain, Oct. 4, 2007.