http://trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/Faberge aimed to give pleasure and to celebrate some special occasion with a beautiful gift. His creations usually, given by men to women: by the Tsar to the Tsarina, King Edward to Queen Alexandra, a Russian officer of the Imperial Guard to an admired ballerina or an Edwardian gentleman to a social beauty. No-one during his lifetime would have thought of amassing collection of Faberge objects; his creations were of the moment, pleasing indulgences.Faberge aimed to give pleasure and to celebrate some special occasion with a beautiful gift. His creations usually, given by men to women: by the Tsar to the Tsarina, King Edward to Queen Alexandra, a Russian officer of the Imperial Guard to an admired ballerina or an Edwardian gentleman to a social beauty. No-one during his lifetime would have thought of amassing collection of Faberge objects; his creations were of the moment, pleasing indulgences.en-usArt, Fashion, Jewelryhttp://www.trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/history-of-faberge.htmlFaberge was associated with Mir Iskusstva ("World of Art"), a movement founded in 1898. Members of Mir Iskusstva took particular interest in the applied arts, as well as in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian artistic movements.Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0600http://www.trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/faberge-biography.htmlPeter Carl Faberge (1846-1920) stands as a representative of a vanished age: the age of the Tsar and the fabulously rich imperial court in Russia. It was an age of empires and European monarchies that was brought to an end forever by the World War I (1914-1918)...Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0600http://www.trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/faberge-collection.htmlFaberge collection of Faberge's objects de virtue was highly labor-intensive. For example, many hours of hand-buffing were required to give an enamel object a velvety finish.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0600http://www.trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/faberge-eggs.htmlFaberge's fame rests on his achievement in creating the series of Faberge eggs collection - the result of an act of patronage on the grand scale by the Imperial family of Russia.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0600http://www.trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/faberge-enamel.htmlFaberge enamel techniques - the powerful and expressiveness tool of Faberge production.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0600http://www.trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/faberge-stone-carving.htmlFaberge's hard stone carvings of animals are distinguished not only for a most appropriate use of hard stone-for example, the use of pearly-black obsidian for a penguin or milky-pink chalcedony for a pig-but also for the injection of "character."Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0600http://www.trevijewelry.com/faberge-art/gold-and-silver-in-st-petersburg.htmlThe age-old orientation of St. Petersburg toward Western European culture and art persisted up to the early years of the twentieth century.Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0600