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" Fabergé's eggs : "
Toby Faber
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BL
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| Record Number
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589351
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b418570
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| Main Entry
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Faber, Toby,1965-
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| Title & Author
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Fabergé's eggs : : the extraordinary story of the masterpieces that outlived an empire /\ Toby Faber
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| Edition Statement
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1st U.S. ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Random House,, c2008
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xvi, 302 p., [16] p. of plates :: ill. (some col.) ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9781400065509 (alk. paper)
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: 140006550X (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-286) and index
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| Abstract
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The Easter presents that Russia's last two czars gave to their czarinas have become synonymous with privilege, beauty, and an almost provocative uselessness. They are perhaps the most redolent symbols of the old empire's phenomenal craftsmanship, of the decadence of its court, and of the upheavals that brought about its inevitable downfall. Faberge's Eggs is the first book to recount the remarkable story of these masterpieces, taking us from the circumstances that inspired each egg's design, through their disappearance in the trauma of revolution, to their eventual reemergence in the global marketplace
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| Subject
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Fabergé, Peter Carl,1846-1920
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Romanov, House of-- Art patronage
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Fabergé (Firm)
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Fabergé eggs
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| Dewey Classification
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739.2092
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| LC Classification
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NK7398.F32F28 2008
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