Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg

IN ST. PETERSBURG EXHIBIT INDEX • 2014 Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg EXHIBIT INDEX Saint Petersburg 2014 Museum Plan 8 9 12 7 10 11 2 6 1 3 5 4 Legend Footer Footer on the right page of the print Number of case 01 indicates the number of the room and in the room the number of the case □ Exhibits outside the case Room Room Cases number name on current pages 15 Exhibit number 2 • Blue Room | 05–08 Contents Museum Plan, legend ..............................................2 3 About the Link of Times Foundation ............6 Red Room page 21 Russian Silver .............................................................22 Cases 01–03 .......................................................24 1 04 ................................................................25 Grand Staircase 05–06 .......................................................26 page 9 07–08 .......................................................27 09–11 ........................................................28 About the Grand Staircase ...............................10 12.................................................................29 Outside the cases ................................................... 11 Outside the cases ...................................................30 2 4 Knights' Room Blue Room page 13 page 33 Military memorabilia art ....................................14 Fabergé Easter Masterpieces ........................34 Cases 01–02 .......................................................16 Cases 01–03 .......................................................36 03–04 .......................................................17 04–07 .......................................................37 Outside the cases ...................................................18 08–11 ........................................................38 12.................................................................39 Outside the cases ...................................................39 Fabergé Museum 3 5 7 Gold Room White Room page 41 page 85 Imperial giﬅ s, objets de fantaisie Works with enamel of the court by the House of Fabergé, and golden fi rm of P. Ovchinnikov presentation boxes ................................................42 and Moscow artels. Cases 01 ................................................................44 Russian porcelain 02 ................................................................46 of the 19th century ................................................86 03 ................................................................49 Cases 01–02 .......................................................88 04 ................................................................53 03–04 .......................................................89 Outside the cases ...................................................56 05 ................................................................91 06–07 .......................................................92 08 ................................................................93 6 8 Anteroom Sky Blue Room page 59 page 95 Jewelry, Precious Goods, Enamel Work from Leading Accessories and Clocks .......................................60 Russian Firms (I. Khlebnikov, Cases 01 ................................................................62 A. Kuzmichev, F. Rückert) ...................................96 02 ................................................................64 Cases 01 ................................................................98 03 ................................................................66 02 ................................................................99 04 ................................................................69 03 .............................................................100 05 ................................................................71 04 .............................................................103 06 ................................................................73 05 .............................................................105 07 ................................................................76 06 .............................................................106 08 ................................................................78 07 .............................................................108 09 ................................................................80 Outside the cases .................................................111 Outside the cases ...................................................82 4 Fabergé Museum 9 11 Exhibition Room Buff et Room page 113 page 147 Stonecutter pieces Russian and European Painting by the House of Fabergé of the 19th–20th centuries ...........................148 and Fabergé’s contemporaries. Outside the cases ................................................149 Russian painting of the 19th century ..............................................114 Cases 01 ..............................................................116 02 ..............................................................117 03 ..............................................................118 04 ..............................................................119 05 .............................................................120 Outside the cases ................................................ 121 10 12 Gothic Room Beige Room page 125 page 151 Russian Icons ..........................................................126 Russian Enamel .....................................................152 Cases 01 .............................................................128 Cases 01 .............................................................154 02 .............................................................129 02 .............................................................156 03 .............................................................130 03 .............................................................157 04 .............................................................131 04–05 ....................................................158 05 .............................................................132 06 .............................................................159 06 .............................................................133 07 .............................................................160 07 .............................................................134 08 .............................................................163 08 .............................................................135 09–10 ....................................................164 09 .............................................................136 11 ..............................................................165 10 .............................................................137 12..............................................................166 11 ..............................................................138 13 ..............................................................168 12..............................................................139 14..............................................................169 13–14 .....................................................140 15 ..............................................................170 15 .............................................................. 141 Outside the cases ................................................ 171 16..............................................................142 17 ..............................................................143 18..............................................................145 Outside the cases ................................................ 145 Fabergé Museum 5 The Link of Times Cultural Historical Foundation The collection of the Link of Times Cultural Historical Foundation, established by the Russian entrepreneur Viktor Vekselberg, consists of four thousand pieces of decorative-applied and fi ne art: gold and silver works, paintings, porcelain and bronzes. The collection, which has been devel- oping for a decade and continues to grow, was fi rst presented in its entirety in St. Petersburg’s magnifi cent Shuvalov Palace, itself restored using the Foundation's resources. The heart of the exhibition consists of pieces from the illustrious Russian jewelry fi rm of Carl Fabergé (1846–1920) - the court jeweler to the Russian tsars – purchased by Viktor Vekselberg in early 2004 from the heirs of the American newspaper magnate Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990), who sought aﬅ er royal jewelry everywhere for half a century. Thus, the famous Forbes collection was saved from dissolution (its pieces were orig- inally planned to be sold at auction) and, in essence, from defi nitive liquidation. The masterpieces of jewelry, many of which were sold by the Bolsheviks in the 1920s and 30s, were repatriated to Russia, marking the beginning of the return of its national artistic heritage. Considering its size, the typological variety and the superlative quality of the artwork it contains, much of which belonged to the imperial family and members of other European royal courts, the collection is, without a doubt, one of the greatest in the world. The grand Blue Room is home to the pinnacle of the arts of the House of Fabergé: the Imperial Easter Eggs, a testament to the skill and mastery of Russian jewelers, stone- cutters, enamellers and artists. These precious articles, with their ingenious surprises, are especially cherished also because they act as monuments to the important events in Russian history at

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