Jewels from imperial St. Petersburg
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| Sprache: | eng |
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St. Petersburg
Liki Rossii u.a.
2012
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Tag hinzufügen | Beschreibung: | Includes index Machine generated contents note: Avant-propos -- Orthography and Dates -- Four Empresses - Early History -- Chere Cousine - Gustav III visits Catherine the Great -- From Neoclassicism to the Empire Style - Paul I -- The Duval Family of Jewelers and the Dowries of the Young Grand Duchesses -- An Imperial Christening Gift -- The Empire Style - Alexander I -- The Grand Duchy of Finland -- The 12,000-Ruble Mystery -- The Emperor's Tours of the Grand Duchy -- A Snuffbox Filled with Gold Ruble Coins -- Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt -- The Emergence of Historicism - Nicholas I -- The Empress's Jewelry Chests -- The Envoy and the Princess -- Princess Zinaida Ivanovna Iusupova -- Brilliant Matches -- The Sancy Diamond -- Gifts to Friends and Godchildren -- Gustaf Ehrstrom -- Ladies of the Imperial Court -- Serving Seven Sovereigns - The Court Jewelers Bolin -- Battle of the Styles - Alexander II -- Nature as a Source of Inspiration -- Dictates of Fashion - Royal Blue -- Contents note continued: A Prominent Industrialist - Henrik Borgstrom -- The Countess Who Shocked Her Contemporaries -- A Fete Worthy an Emperor -- Myrtle, Symbol of a Happy Marriage -- The Sinebrychoff Brewing Family -- An Unlikely Friendship - Queen Olga of Greece and Baroness Sophie von Kraemer -- Princess Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iusupova -- Fin de siecle - Alexander III -- Navigare Necesse Est -- The Visit to Rilax -- Salmon Feasts at Langinkoski -- Sophie von Remy - A Lonely Soul -- A Parcel from Leningrad with Surprising Contents -- Gifts from an Unknown Princess -- Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Iusupova -- The New Century - Nicholas II -- Among the Birds and the Bees -- The Belle Epoque and Garland Style -- The Most Elegant and Best-Dressed Woman in Petrograd -- Countess Betsy Shuvalova -- The Wedding Jewelry of Princess Irina Iusupova -- A Sumptuous Fancy Ball -- Jewelry from the Taneev Pistolekors Families -- August Gifts -- The Jeweler Karl Faberge -- Contents note continued: Holmstrbm Family of Jewelers -- The second Generation -- Alina Holmstrom -- Alma Pihl -- The Jeweler A. Tillander -- Haiko Manor - Retreat and Shelter |
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| Beschreibung: | 295 S. zahlr. Ill. 31 cm |
| ISBN: | 9785874173975 978-5-87417-397-5 9781906509248 978-1-906509-24-8 |