St. Martin's Press, 1995	Copenhagen Venue, 2002

Selected Fabergé Bibliography (1930 to the present)
compiled by Christel Ludewig McCanless

1930-1950 l 1951-1960 l 1961-1980 l 1981-1990 l 1991-1995 l 1996-2000 l 2001-2005 l 2006-Today

Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920), Russian court jeweler to Tsar Alexander III and his consort, Marie Fedorovna, and to Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Fedorovna, created Imperial Easter eggs and objets d’art from 1885-1918. The publications below are in chronological order to show the historical development of the House of Fabergé. The tragic story of the last of the Romanovs is told in Massie, Nicholas and Alexandra, 1967.

Additional published sources about Fabergé eggs are in Lowes and McCanless, Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia, 2001.

Journal citations, not included in this selected bibliography, are in McCanless, Fabergé and His Works: An Annotated Bibliography of the First Century of His Art, 1994.

McCanless, 1994	Lowes & McCanless, 2001

  Peter Carl Fabergé and His Story

1930-1950


Hammer, Armand. Quest of the Romanoff Treasure, 1932.
Author describes his travels in the Soviet Union in the early 1920’s and the subsequent export of the Romanoff treasures. Fabergé objects acquired during this time were for sale and exhibited in the 1930’s at the Hammer Galleries in New York City, and in department stores in various cities in the United States.

Bainbridge, Henry Charles. Twice Seven, 1933.
Author, as the manager of the London Fabergé shop, provides first hand knowledge in a few chapters about Peter Carl Fabergé, jeweler to the Russian Imperial Tsars: Alexander III (1845-1894) and his wife, Marie Fedorovna, and Nicholas II (1868-1918) and his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna.

Exhibition of Russian Art at 1 Belgrave Square, London, 1935.
First exhibition of at least eight Fabergé eggs and other objects in the house of Madame Koch de Gooreynd in London to aid the Imperial Russian Red Cross.

Bainbridge, Henry Charles. Peter Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court and the Principal Crowned Heads of Europe, 1949.
First monograph with black/white and color illustrations that brought the art of Fabergé to the attention of the western world.

The Family and House of Fabergé | Peter Carl Fabergé, the Man | The Art and Craft of Fabergé | The Imperial Russian Easter Eggs | Fabergé in the Edwardian Era and the Sandringham Animals and Flowers | The Fabergé Figurines in Russian Stones of Colour | The Workmasters of Fabergé | The Marks of Fabergé

Wartski, London. Fabergé: A Loan Exhibition of the Works of Carl Fabergé, Jeweller and Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia (1846-1920), and A La Vieille Russie, New York. An Exhibition of His Works: Peter Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court and to the Principal Crowned Heads of Europe, 1949.
Exhibitions held in London and New York City consecutively to coincide with the publication of Mr. Bainbridge's 1949 monograph.

Snowman, 1962

1951-1960


Ross, Marvin C. Fabergé: Illustrated with Objects from the Walters Art Gallery, 1952.
Booklet illustrating the Fabergé collection acquired by art collector Henry Walters in the Fabergé shop in St. Petersburg in 1900, and later willed to the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore (MD).

Snowman, A. Kenneth. The Art of Carl Fabergé, 1953.
Author, chairman of the British jewelry dealer Wartski, arranged the first Fabergé loan exhibition in 1949, and in this book he details the history of the firm and provides technical descriptions of the objets de vertu. (Editor’s note: A revised and enlarged edition with new information was published in 1962. All subsequent editions and impressions are reprints of this edition.)

The House of Fabergé | Artist or Craftsman | Formative Influences | Materials and Techniques | Objects of Function | The Jewellery | The Stone Carvings | Toys and Flowers | The Imperial Easter Eggs - Catalogue of Imperial Easter Eggs - Some Specially Commissioned Easter Eggs | Gold Marks and Workmasters’ Initials | The Designers, Craftsmen, and Managers | Chronological Table of Events | Family Tree | Jury’s Report, Paris Exhibition, 1900 | Foreword to the 1899 Catalogue

Wartski, London. Special Coronation Exhibition of the Work of Carl Fabergé, 1953.
Catalog for the first exhibition of 365 Fabergé objects from the collection of Queen Elizabeth II as well as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and other sources, planned to coincide with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.

Lesley, Parker. Handbook of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection: Russian Imperial Jewels, 1960.
Catalog raisonné of the Fabergé collection acquired between 1933-1946 by Mrs. Pratt, wife of a General Motors executive of Fredericksburg (VA). It was willed to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond in 1947 and opened to the public in 1954. Contains black and white illustrations.

Scope of the Collection | Installation of the Collection | Peter Carl Fabergé and His Atelier | Objects in the Collection – Animals - Easter Eggs – Flowers – Frames – Handles – Icons – Jewelry - Miscellaneous (Objects) | Fabergé Materials and Techniques

Hawley, 1967

1961-1980


A La Vieille Russie, New York. The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, 1961.
Second major American exhibition held on the premises of long-time New York City Fabergé dealer, A La Vieille Russie.

Ross, Marvin C. Art of Karl Fabergé and His Contemporaries, 1965.
Monograph with an introduction by Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune, describes Mrs. Post's Russian decorative arts collection including Fabergé. In 1977 this collection became part of Hillwood Museum, her former residence, in Washington (DC). Mrs. Post acquired her first Fabergé object in 1927 and more objects were added in the 1930’s.

Fabergé and His Master Craftsmen | Fabergé’s Russian Followers and Imitators | The Pan-Slavic Movement in Metalwork and Enamel | Russian Imperial Mementoes

Hawley, Henry. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
Catalog raisonné for a Fabergé collection acquired by one of the four women collectors in the United States in the 1930-40’s and later willed to museums. The other collections are in New Orleans (LA), Richmond (VA), and Washington (DC).

Catalogue | Fabergé’s St. Petersburg House | Fabergé’s Moscow Branch

Snowman, A. Kenneth. Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, 1979.
Based on information found in two earlier books (Bainbridge, 1949, and Snowman, 1953) the author was able to add to this text color photographs of the Royal Collection of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and other member of the British Royal family. New color illustrations of the Moscow Kremlin Fabergé collection are included.

Metals, Enamels, and Stones | A Restless Imagination | Stone Carvings | Flower Studies | Imperial Easter Eggs  | In Retrospect | Marks and Standards | Wrong Attributions, Pastiches & Forgeries | Chronological Table

von Habsburg, Géza, and Alexander von Solodkoff. Fabergé, Court Jeweler to the Tsars, 1979.
The authors affiliated with Christie's, a leading auction house dealing in Fabergé, detail the styles and techniques used by Fabergé, his rivals, and imitators. Included are a list of 40 work masters and their marks, a photographic catalog of the Easter eggs, rare sketches from the Fabergé archives, and pages from the newly discovered sales ledgers from the London Fabergé branch.

The Family and the Development of the Firm | The Foundation of Fabergé’s Success | The Fabergé Style | Art, Craftsmanship or Kitsch? | Workshops and Craftsmen | Materials and Techniques | Fabergé’s Easter Eggs |  Fabergé and His Competitors | Collectors and Collections | Fabergé's Market and Prices | Fabergé and Fake Fabergé | Hallmarks and Signatures on Fabergé’s Objects | Glossary of Technical Terms | Catalogue of Fabergé’s Easter Eggs

Forbes, Christopher, and Armand Hammer. Fabergé Eggs: Imperial Russian Fantasies, 1980.
Poster-size book illustrating miniature as well as full-size Fabergé eggs in The Forbes Magazine Collection in New York City.


Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla, et al. Carl Fabergé and His Contemporaries, 1980.
Catalog for an exhibition held at The Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland. Text is in English, Finnish and Swedish.

Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith Extraordinary by A. Kenneth Snowman | Fabergé and Historicism by Géza von Habsburg-Lothringen | Personal and Historical Notes on Fabergé’s Finnish Workmasters and Designers by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | A Short History of the House of Fabergé & The Marks of the House of Fabergé, both essays by Christina Ehrnrooth | A Short History of the Firm of Tillander by Herbert Tillander | Finnish Goldsmiths in St. Petersburg during Two Centuries by Max Engman

Hill, 1989

1981-1990


Snowman, A. Kenneth. Fabergé: Jeweler to Royalty, 1983.
Over two hundred pieces of Fabergé from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and other British Lenders were shown at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City. The companion exhibition at A La Vieille Russie of over 560 pieces was extended for a month. The catalog is entitled Fabergé, A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Copper-Hewitt Museum, 1983.

Snowman: Materials | Marks and Standards | Chronology | Bibliography | Catalogue

A La Vieille Russie: Chronology | Hunting for Easter Eggs by Christopher Forbes | The Art of Fabergé - An Introduction | Peter Carl Fabergé - An Astonishing Revolution in the History of Fashion | The Exhibition | Notes on Fabergé Hallmarks

von Solodkoff, Alexander, et al. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, 1984.
Edited by Christopher Forbes, this catalog raisonné of The Forbes Magazine Collection in New York City contains essays describing new discoveries by several Fabergé scholars and is published to coincide with the opening of the permanent installation of the largest Fabergé collection in the United States.

On Collecting Fabergé by Malcolm S. Forbes | Hunting for Easter Eggs by Christopher Forbes | History of the House of Fabergé by Alexander von Solodkoff | The Imperial Easter Egg of 1911: Russia During the Reign of Nicholas II by Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey | Wartski and Fabergé by A. Kenneth Snowman | A La Vieille Russie’s Fabergé by Paul Schaffer | Fabergé in Thailand by Roy D. R. Betteley | Chronology  | Workshops and Workmasters | Catalogue of The Forbes Magazine Collection

von Habsburg, Géza. Fabergé, Juwelier der Zaren (English title: Fabergé), 1986.
Monograph for 664 objects in the 1986-87 Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung exhibition in Munich, Germany. Contributed essays, extensive color illustrations and chapters on workmasters, marks, competitors and fake Fabergé (Editor’s note:  Later called “Fauxbergé”). Text is in German; an English edition was published in 1987.

The International Family Connections of the Russian Imperial Family by Alexander Herzog von Wűrttemberg | History of the House of Fabergé | Fabergé’s Renown | Two Books of Revelations by A. Kenneth Snowman | Fabergé Design | Fabergé and 19th Century Historicism | The Hardstones: Fabergé’s Animal Figures & Fabergé’s Flowers | Fabergé's Hardstone Figures by Alexander von Solodkoff | Techniques and Materials Used in the Fabergé Workshops | Fabergé and the Easter Egg | Fabergé Collecting in America by Christopher Forbes | Fabergé Prices – Then and Now | The Catalog | Fabergé’s Workshops | Fabergé’s Sons | The Workmasters of Fabergé | The Hallmarks of Competitors or Other Silversmiths and Goldsmiths Sometimes Found in Combination with Fabergé’s Mark | Fabergé’s Hallmarks | Russian Hallmarks | The Competitors | Fake Fabergé Objects | Glossary

Brezzo, Steven L., et al. Fabergé: The Imperial Eggs, 1989.
Catalog for the San Diego (CA) exhibition of 27 Fabergé Easter eggs - the largest reunion of eggs since the confiscation of the Imperial family's property in 1917. Included are comments on the eggs on loan from the Moscow Kremlin, The Forbes Magazine Collection, and other museum and private collections, an illustrated catalog of all known eggs, and a chronology of the House of Fabergé. Russian language text (Fabergé Easter Eggs: Souvenirs Made for the Russian Imperial Family) was published when most of the exhibition was shown in the Moscow Kremlin in early 1990.

Fabergé: The Imperial Easter Eggs by Johann Georg Prinz von Hohenzollern | Fabergé: The Firm and the Family by Christopher Forbes | Fabergé Collection in the Armoury Museum, Moscow, by Irina Rodimtseva | Chronology of the House of Fabergé | The Imperial Eggs: A Catalogue | Workmasters, Craftsmen, and Painters at the House of Fabergé | Glossary

Hill, Gerard, et al. Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, 1989.
Poster-size color illustrations of nearly 300 objects including Fabergé, a collaborative effort between curators in the United States and the Soviet Union - G.G. Smorodinova and B.L. Ulyanova.

Peter Carl Fabergé | The Russian Master Goldsmiths | Eggs | Flowers and Hardstone Carvings | Boxes and Cases | Frames and Clocks | Religious Objects | Table Ornaments and Objets de Vitrine | Objets de Luxe

The Great Fabergé: The Art of the Jewellers of the Court Firm, 1990.
Catalog of the first ever Fabergé exhibition held in the Soviet Union and co-organized by the Helsinki jeweler A. Tillander, whose firm was a contemporary of Fabergé’s. Ten Russian museums from Moscow and Leningrad, A La Vieille Russie of New York City, and a number of private collectors in Finland were invited to exhibit at the Elagin Palace in Leningrad in 1989. This catalog in Russian and English inspired by the exhibition was published the following year.

The Phenomenon of Fabergé by M. (Marina) N. Lopato | The Fabergé Pieces in the Collection of the Russian Art Department of the Hermitage by Mrs. (Larisa) Zavadskaya and Mrs. K. (Karina) A. Orlova | The Fabergé and Britsin Pieces in the Petrodvorets (State Museum) by Mrs. N. V. Vernova | The Odessa Branch of the Fabergé House by V. (Valentin) V. Skurlov | Catalogue of the Exhibition

Curry, 1995

1991-1995


Keefe, John Webster. Masterpieces of Fabergé: The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection, 1993.
Revised edition of the 1972 catalog raisonné by Fagaly and Grady with color illustrations of the Fabergé collection on permanent loan to the New Orleans (LA) Museum of Art.

Matilda Geddings Gray | Fabergé and His Oeuvre | Chronology of the House of Fabergé | Catalog of the Collection | The Animals | The Flowers | The Easter Eggs | Related Objects by Other Makers | Conclusion: 1917 and Later | Glossary

von Habsburg, Géza, and Marina Lopato. Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler, 1993.
Monograph to accompany exhibition sponsored by the Fabergé Arts Foundation, Washington (DC), and the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. The exhibition of 369 objects, photographs, and drawings traveled during 1993-94 from the State Hermitage Museum to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and then to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Separate Russian, French, and English editions of the catalog were published.

Fabergé in Our Time by A. Kenneth Snowman | History of the House of Fabergé & Chronology of the House of Fabergé in Its Time, both essays by Géza von Habsburg | New Insights into Fabergé from Russian Documents & A Few Remarks Concerning Imperial Easter Eggs, both essays by Marina Lopato | Imperial Easter Eggs: A Technical Study by Carol Aiken | New Light on the Workshop of Henrik Wigström by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | The Moscow Workshops by Anne Odom | Fabergé and the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle & The London Branch, both essays by Géza von Habsburg | Fabergé Drawings in the Hermitage Collection by Karina Orlova and Larisa Zavadskaia | Fabergé’s Houses in St. Petersburg by Boris Ometov | Kshesinskaia’s Memories by Galina Smorodinova | A Treasure Found in Solianka Street by Tatiana Muntian | Tracing Fabergé Treasures after 1918 by A1exander von Solodkoff | Fabergé and America by Paul Schaffer | ”Fauxbergé” by Géza von Habsburg | Catalogue of Works | Hallmarks by Géza von Habsburg | Birbaum Memoirs: Introduction and Notes by Marina Lopato

McCanless, Christel Ludewig. Fabergé and His Works: An Annotated Bibliography of the First Century of His Art, 1994.
Art history reference book of 1772 comprehensive journal citations arranged chronologically with annotations in English. Foreign language titles are translated.

History of the Project | Major Sources Consulted | Chronology of the House of Fabergé | Genealogy Chart of the Fabergé Family | Annotated Bibliography | Extensive Index

von Habsburg, Géza. Carl Fabergé, 1994.
Biography of Fabergé for ages seven and up, which is a part of the First Impressions: Introductions to Art series.

The Early Years | Techniques of the Master | Fabergé and the Imperial Family | Fabergé’s Famous Clients | The Imperial Easter Eggs | The End of an Era

Curry, David Park. Fabergé: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1995.
Catalog raisonné for the Pratt Collection in Richmond (VA). It also served as the exhibition catalog for this collection when it traveled as part of 1996 Fabergé in America venue beginning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and touring four other cities in the United States.

In a Mirrored Cabinet: History of a Collection | Five Fabulous Fabergé Eggs | A Winter Garden | All That Glitters | A Few of Her Favorite Things: Pratt Collection Checklist | Russian Music Box | A Fabergé Bookshelf

von Habsburg, Géza. Fabergé: Fantasies & Treasures, 1995.
Introduction to the House of Fabergé and its production, illustrated with selected works from the 1996 Fabergé in America exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This exhibition was shown in five major American cities in 1996-97.

Fabergé’s Ascent to Fame | Imperial Easter Eggs | Fabergé Jeweler | Fabergé Silversmith | The Objects of Fantasy | Epilogue | Chronology

von Habsburg, 1996

1996-2000


Odom, Anne. Fabergé at Hillwood, 1996.
First publication in the Hillwood Collection Series featuring the extensive Russian and French decorative art collections of the late Marjorie Merriweather Post at Hillwood Museum, her residence in Washington (DC).

Marjorie Merriweather Post, Collector | Fabergé’s Background | The Fabergé Style | Objects for the Intimate Interior | Jewelry | Goldwork | Enameling | The Use of Hardstones | The Moscow Workshops | Imperial Easter Eggs

von Habsburg, Géza, et al. Fabergé in America, 1996.
Monograph to accompany a traveling exhibition (New York City, San Francisco, Richmond, VA, New Orleans, LA, and Cleveland, OH) in 1996-97. The exhibition and the catalog begin with the history of the House of Fabergé in Russia and the legacy of the Tsars, is followed by the histories of five major American collectors: Matilda Geddings Gray, India Early Minshall, Lillian Thomas Pratt, Marjorie Merriweather Post, and Malcolm S. Forbes. Contains extensive appendices.

History of the House of Fabergé - Carl Fabergé and His American Clients: 1900-1917 - The Legacy of the Czars: 1920’s –1930’s - The Hammer Years: 1930’s –1950’s - all essays by Géza von Habsburg | Matilda Geddings Gray: A Louisiana Collector by John Webster Keefe | India Early Minshall: Portrait Sketch of a Russophile by Henry Hawley | Lillian Thomas Pratt: An Aesthetic Antiquarian by David Park Curry | Marjorie Merriweather Post: A Collector Discovers Imperial Russia by Anne Odom | The Postwar Years: 1950’s – 1970’s by Géza von Habsburg | The Fabergé Collection of Malcolm S. Forbes: More Than He Dreamed by Christopher Forbes | Fabergé Collectors Today - “Fauxbergé” - Acquisitions by Americans at Fabergé’s London Shop, 1907 - 1917, all essays by Géza von Habsburg

Fabergé, Tatiana, Proler, Lynette G. and Valentin V. Skurlov. The Fabergé Imperial Easter Eggs, 1997.
Letters written by Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II, Fabergé invoices, cabinet documents and Bolshevik inventories are the basis for new research by Valentin V. Skurlov of St. Petersburg. This information sheds new light on the history of the Fabergé eggs.

Foreword by Alexis de Tiesenhausen | The Imperial Easter Eggs: An Updated and Corrected List | The First Imperial Easter Egg | The House of Fabergé | The Imperial Family | The Imperial Easter Eggs | The 1902 Exhibition: Baron von Dervis Mansion | The Austerity Years: The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 | A Discovery: The Last Imperial Easter Eggs, 1917 | After the Revolution | The Kelkh (Kelch) Easter Eggs | Undocumented Easter Eggs | The Kremlin Collection by Tatiana Muntian | Catalogue Raisonné of the Imperial Easter Eggs | The Original Fabergé Invoices Translated |

Appendices:
Description from a Fabergé Album of the Imperial Easter Eggs Presented to Alexandra Fedorovna between 1907 and 1916 | Newspaper Accounts of the 1902 Exhibition at the von Dervis Mansion | Descriptions of Imperial Easter Eggs from Inventories: Gatchina Palace (1891), the Winter Palace (1909) | Documents Certifying Transfer of Confiscated Treasures from the Anichkov Palace to the Moscow Kremlin Armoury (1917) and Their Latest Transfer to the Sovnarkom (1922) | Correspondence, Certificates and Inventories Relating to the Transfer of Museum Treasures from the Foreign Exchange Fund of the Narkomfin, the Moscow Jewellers’ Community and Other Sources, to the Moscow Kremlin Armoury | Information on the Sales of Imperial Easter Eggs from the Moscow Kremlin Armoury in 1930 and 1933

Welander—Berggren, Elsebeth, et al. Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 1997.
Exhibition catalog to accompany a venue at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden, to explore the close relationship between Russia and the Scandinavian countries as it relates to Fabergé.

Chronology by Alexander von Solodkoff | Russia, Outside the Jewellery Store by Lars Erik Blomquist | The International Family Bonds of the Russian Imperial Family by Alexander Duke of Wűrttemberg | Fabergé and His Art by Alexander von Solodkoff | Carl Fabergé and His Master Craftsmen by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | Boris Frödman-Cluzel, Fabergé’s Firm Artist. New Discovery of Fabergé’s Stone Sculptures by Valentin Skurlov | The House of Fabergé’s Jewellery Design Book by Marina Lopato | The Note-book [sic] of Tsar Nicholas II by Tatiana N. Muntian | Fabergé and His International Clientele by Géza von Habsburg | The Nobel Family, Customers of Carl Fabergé by Elsebeth Welander-Berggren | Russian Archives Yield Imperial Easter Eggs’ Secrets by Lynette G. Proler, Tatiana Fabergé, Valentin Skurlov | Catalogue | Hallmarks

Traina, John, et al. The Fabergé Case: From the Private Collection of John Traina, 1998.
Catalog raisonné with color illustrations and extensive commentaries for the collection of cigarette cases and related accessories of John Traina from California.

A Case for Fabergé by Mikhail Piotrovsky | Fabergé’s Cigarette Cases by Géza von Habsburg | On Collecting by John Traina | A Special Word About the Author by Danielle Steel | Fabergé’s Russia | The Making of Fabergé’s Cigarette Cases | The Cases in the Collection | Commentaries by Galina G. Smorodinova, Marina N. Lopato, Joyce Lasky Reed, Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey, Alice Milica Ilich | A Collection of Collections: Museums – Christopher Forbes, The Forbes Magazine Collection – John Webster Keefe, New Orleans Museum of Art – Anne Odom, Hillwood Museum – Harry S. Parker III & Lee Hunt Miller, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – Elsebeth Welander-Berggren, Nationalmuseum, Sweden – Henry Hawley, The Cleveland Museum of Art – The Royal Collection, The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace – David Park Curry, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Fabergé Dealers and Collectors – A. Kenneth Snowman, Alexander von Solodkoff, Fabian Stein, Mark Schaffer, Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, André Ruzhnikov | Workmasters in the Collection

Forbes, Christopher, and Robyn Tromeur-Brenner. Fabergé: The Forbes Collection, 1999.
Catalog raisonné of the extensive collection begun by Malcolm S. Forbes in 1960. A hundred and twenty pieces are accompanied by detailed essays on their significance, history, and the artisans who created them. Objects are illustrated in color and 26 of them are tip-ins in this poster-size book printed on elegant paper.

Royal Genealogy (inside front cover) | A Brief History of the House of Fabergé | Forbes and Fabergé | The Eggs Race | The Collection: Imperial and Related Commissions – Fantasies, Gifts, and Accessories | Desk and Tableware – The Pan-Slavic Revival, Models, and the Art of War | Glossary | Workmasters | Literature | Exhibitions | Extensive Notes

Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla, et al. Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, 2000.
Documentation of Fabergé techniques was scarce until the recent discovery of an album with more than 1,000 drawings from the workshop of Henrik Wigström, Fabergé's chief work master from 1903-1917. Objects, which have been identified, are reproduced next to the original drawings. Monograph published in a slipcase accompanied an A La Vieille Russie exhibition of over 100 finished objects including loans from the Royal Collection of Thailand.

Foreword by A. Kenneth Snowman | Preface by Peter L. Schaffer | Henrik Wigström, Portrait of a Master Goldsmith by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | Patrons of Prestige – The Clientele of Fabergé by Ulla-Tillander-Godenhielm | Fabergé and the Royal Collection of Thailand by Peter L. Schaffer | The Triumph of Style: An Analysis of the Master’s Designs by Alice Milica Ilich | Images of St. Petersburg and the Art of Carl Fabergé by Mark A. Schaffer | List of Plates and Drawings

von Habsburg, Géza, et al. Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 2000.
Monograph published to accompany an exhibition in Wilmington (DE) of over 1,000 treasures of Fabergé and his work masters, Fabergé's Russian competitors (Bolin and Tillander), and foreign contemporaries (Tiffany, Cartier, Boucheron and Lalique). Nine major Fabergé work masters and their work are featured. Two companion books by Robert Steven Bianchi are Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World: Exhibition Album (cover title: Fabergé - Exhibition Album) and a booklet to use with school children entitled, Fabergé: An Introduction.

Reed & Swezey, 2004

2001-2005


Lowes, Will, and Christel Ludewig McCanless. Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia, 2001.
Monograph gives comprehensive information about 66 Fabergé eggs divided into four categories - Tsar Imperial, Imperial, Kelch and Other. Technical descriptions, all known public exhibitions and auctions through 1997, and reference citations (books, journals, newspapers, and miscellaneous sources) covering the literature of nine countries are given for each egg. Who's Who in the House of Fabergé profiles 500 artisans and companies who worked for or with Fabergé.

New Research by Will Lowes: Fabergé, the Tsarinas, and the Easter Eggs – Let the Sales Begin! | Encyclopedia of Fabergé Eggs: Tsar Imperial – Imperial – Kelch – Other | Encyclopedia of Who’s Who in the House of Fabergé | Auctions | Exhibitions, 1900-1997 | Glossary

Munn, Geoffrey C. Tiaras: A History of Splendour, 2001.
Scholarly text with 400 illustrations includes chapters on tiaras as crown jewels, Russian style tiaras, and tiaras as works of art. The relationship between the tiara and the costume ball is explored and Fabergé tiaras are discussed. The monograph accompanied an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Profane to Sacred | Dressing the Hair | Court and Social | The Tiara and the Costume Ball | Royal and Imperial France | The Return to Sources | Russia and the Russian Style | In and Out of America | The Tiara as a Work of Art | Art Deco and Beyond | Crown Jewels and Royal Collections

Krog, Ole Villumsen, et al. Treasures of Russia – Imperial Gifts, 2002.
Catalog in Danish, English, and Russian to accompany an exhibition by the same name in which the connection between the Danish Royal Family and the Russian Imperial family as well as the House of Romanov and the House of Fabergé are explored in depth.

The Fabergé Phenomenon – The Real Meaning of a Jeweller Artist by Alexis de Tiesenhausen | A Unique Find – The Discovery of a Cache of Fabergé Jewellery by Tatiana Muntian | The Personal Archives of the House of Romanov – How the Collections Were Formed by Aliya I. Barkovets | The Danish Royal Family and Russian Imperial Family & The House of Romanov and the House of Fabergé, both essays by Preben Ulstrup | Katalog | Genealogies by Knud Højrup

de Guitaut, Caroline. Fabergé in the Royal Collection, 2003.
Catalog raisonné of the British Royal Collection of Fabergé, which is one of the largest and most varied collections in existence, and was shown in Edinburgh, Scotland, and London during 2003-2004. The British, Danish, and Russian royal families had close personal ties and often exchanged Fabergé gifts before the October 1917 Revolution.

An Introduction to the Royal Collection and to Carl Fabergé | Chronology of the House of Fabergé | The Formation of the Collection: A History of Royal Collectors | The Sandringham Commission | Fabergé in Context: Contemporaries and Competitors | Catalogue – Eggs – Animals – Flowers – Boxes - Frames – Bibelots and Jewellery – Desk Items and Practical Objects – Works by Contemporaries and Competitors | Family Tree | Biographies of Fabergé’s Workmasters | Glossary

Johnston, William R, et al. The Fabergé Menagerie, 2003.
Catalog for an exhibition organized by the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore (MD) in cooperation with the Fabergé Arts Foundation, Washington (DC). Fabergé animals are studied in detail.

The House of Fabergé: An Historical Overview by William R. Johnston | Fabergé: His Hardstone Creations and His Clients by Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey | Gemstones and Jewelry Arts of Russia in the Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries by Marianna B. Chistyakova | Catalogue of the Exhibition – The Precursors – Netsuke – Objets de Fantaisie – Fabergé’s Animals

Muntian, T. (Tatiana) N. Fabergé. Easter Gifts, 2003.
Beautifully illustrated and long awaited scholarly treatise on the ten eggs owned by the Armoury Museum in the Moscow Kremlin. Also a Russian edition.

Fabergé’s Easter Masterpieces | Suitable for Export…Background on How the Collection Was Formed in the Kremlin Museum | “Fabergé – a True Genius of Our Times”. The History of a Famous Firm | Easter Eclipses Everything | Famous Sea Voyage. The Memory of Azov Easter Egg | Time Passes – Love Remains. The Easter Clock Egg | The Great Trans-Siberian Railway. The Trans-Siberian Express Easter Egg | The Clover – an Emblem of Good Luck. The Clover Easter Egg | A Symbol of Power and Spirituality. The Moscow Kremlin Easter Egg | Green is the Color of Hope. The Alexandrovsky Palace Easter Egg | Plying the Crystal Waves. The Standard Yacht Easter Egg | Eidolon of the Fog’s City. The Alexander III Monument Easter Egg | A Jubilee of the Reigning Dynasty. The Romanov Tercentenary Easter Egg | Military Drudgery. The Steel Military Egg with a Miniature on an Easel | The Symbol of the Gone Empire. The Constellation of the Czesarevich [sic] Easter Egg

von Habsburg, Géza. Fabergé - Cartier: Rivalen am Zarenhof, 2003.
Exhibition catalog and its accompanying 2003-04 venue in Munich treats in detail the parallel development of two well-known jewelers in Russia and London with customers worldwide. In German.

The Last Years at the Court of the Tsar by Johann Georg Prinz von Hohenzollern | Behind the Scenes at Fabergé by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | Cartier 1847 to 1918 by Pascal Milhaud | Carl Fabergé and the St. Petersburg Jewelers & Cartier in Russia, both essays by Géza von Habsburg | The Flowers of the House of Cartier by Betty Jais | Enamel Work of Cartier by Alain Cartier | Grandduchess Wladimir and Her Passion for Jewelry and Precious Objects by Alexander von Solodkoff | Russia and Chaumet 1900-1917 by Diana Scarisbrick | Boucheron and Russia by Géza von Habsburg | The Cigarette Cases of Luzarche d’Azay in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris by Évelyne Posséme, Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, Efim A. Rezvan, Géza von Habsburg | Oriental Handwritten Objects in Possession of Carl Fabergé by Efim A. Rezvan | The Imperial Karelian Birch Egg of 1917 – A Rediscovered Easter Egg by Tatiana Fabergé | A Symbol of the End Reign of a Monarchy: The Rediscovery of Fabergé’s (Blue) Constellation Egg by Tatiana N. Muntian and Marianna B. Chistyakowa | Catalog | Fabergé | The Russian Competitors | Cartier | The French Contemporaries | Exchange of Letters Between the House of Cartier in Paris and Their Suppliers and Representatives in Russia in the Years 1904-1910 | Copies of the Register in the Cartier Archives, Paris, Concerning the Russian Sales in the Years 1904-1913 | Chronology by Géza von Habsburg | Genealogies by Alexander Herzog von Wűrttemberg

Reed, Joyce Lasky and Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey. Fabergé Flowers, 2004.
Contributing authors from all over the world discuss flowers made by the firm of Fabergé.

“A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever”: The Fabergé Flowers by Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey | An Astonishing Discovery by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | “His Greatest Patroness” Queen Alexandra and Fabergé’s Flowers by Caroline de Guitaut | Fabergé’s London Branch and the London Ledgers by Tatiana Fabergé | In Search of Fabergé Flowers in Russia by Valentin V. Skurlov | Fabergé’s Flowers: Science in the Service of Art by Mark A. Schaffer

Muntian, Tatiana, et al. Fabergé, Jeweller of the Romanovs, 2005.
English, Dutch, French and Russian editions of the exhibition catalog for the Brussels venue of the Link of Times Foundation Collection purchased by Victor Vekselberg in 2004.

Educated Erudite Jeweller & The Source of Many Delights & Symbols of a Vanished Empire, all essays by Tatiana Muntian | Maria Fyodorovna, Empress of Russia, Born Princess Dagmar of Denmark by Ole Villumsen Krog | Fabergé in the British Royal Collection by Caroline de Guitaut | Objets de Fantaisie & ‘Stones That Speak’ & ‘And Kuznetzky Most As Well and Frenchmen Without End…’ - All essays by Tatiana Muntian | Catalogue

Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla. The Russian Imperial Award System during the Reign of Nicholas II, 1894-1917, 2005.
Reference volume delves into the Russian Imperial Award System, its recipients and the jewelers and makers of the these coveted awards including the highest orders – St. Andrew, St. Catherine, St. Vladimir First Class, St. Alexander Nevskii with diamonds and the White Eagle with diamonds, and the diamond portrait badge.

Imperial Awards, Honours, and Gifts: Expressions of His Imperial Majesty’s August Favour and Gratitude Ranks and Titles – Orders – Grants of Rent – Gifts in the August Name of His Imperial Majesty – One-Time Remittances – Personal and Hereditary Honorary Citizenship – Insignia and Medals – Imperial Award Caftans – Reckoning as Actual State Service Time Spent in Special Employ | Modus Operandi: Administering the Awards – Applying for Awards – Returning Imperial Awards | Case Studies: Awards Presented at the Coronation – Awards Presented during State Visits - Dmitrii Oskarovich Ott – The Imperial Accoucheur; Ivan Konstantinovich Aïvazovskii – Actual Privy Counsellor, Professor, Artist; Prince Sergei Mikhaïlovich Putiatin – A Junior Officer in the Great War; Henrik Starck – A Life in the Telegraph Service; Father Ioann of Kronstadt – The Shepherd of All Russians; Father Ioann Leontievich Ianyshev – The Imperial Confessor | The Makers of the Imperial Awards | In Summary | Extensive Appendices and Notes

von Habsburg, Géza. Fabergé: Treasures of Imperial Russia, 2004/2005.
Catalog raisonné of the Link of Times Foundation in Moscow, formerly The Forbes Magazine Collection, was published in two editions. A coffee-table book with a slipcase in English and Russian published in 2004 includes stunning photographs and explanatory text for each of the 16 eggs in the collection. The 2005 publication based on the earlier publication has the same title with English and German text, and serves as an introduction to Mr. Vekselberg’s collection.

2004 edition:
Introduction | Hen Egg: The First Imperial Egg | Renaissance Egg | Resurrection Egg | Rosebud Egg | Heart Surprise Frame | Coronation Egg | Lilies of the Valley Egg | Cockerel Egg | Bay Tree Egg | Fifteenth Anniversary Egg | Order of St. George Egg | Spring Flowers Egg | Kelch Hen Egg | Kelch Chanticleer Egg | Duchess of Marlborough Egg | Scandinavian Egg

2005 edition:
Fabergé – Treasures of Imperial Russia | The Link of Times Collection – A World Cultural Heritage | Imperial Times: A Lasting Memory | The Rise of the House of Fabergé | Fabergé and the Imperial Easter Eggs | Design and Techniques | The Easter Eggs | Bibliography

Wartski, 2006

2006 - Today

Tampere Museums in Finland and Moscow Kremlin Museums.  The Era of Fabergé, 2006.
The exhibition catalog tells the story of Fabergé, the purveyor to the imperial court and goldsmith to two emperors, Alexander III and Nicholas II.  It also recounts the story of St. Petersburg at the turn of the 20th century; its life as a European metropolis, its tastes and fashions, and the position of Finns in the imperial capital.  The Moscow Kremlin Museums as lenders are celebrating their 200th anniversary.

Carl Fabergé Timeline | A Brief History of the Fabergé Family by Tatiana Fabergé | Nicholas II and His Era by Matti Klinge | The Finns of St. Petersburg by Max Engman | The Art of Fabergé by Tatiana Muntian | The House of Fabergé – Workmasters and Subcontractors by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | Imperial Scrapbooks by Irina Bogatskaia | Brief Overview of the Russian Imperial Award System by Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm | Catalogue | Glossary by Marjo-Riitta Saloniemi

Wartski, London.  Fabergé and the Jewellers: A Loan Exhibition, 2006.
This venue, a tribute to the late A. Kenneth Snowman of Wartski, contains 302 objects of Russian jewellery.  Among them is the perfect sea blue aquamarine (illustrated above) mounted by Fabergé as a gift in 1894 from Nicholas II to Queen Victoria’s granddaughter and his fiancée, Princess Alix of Hesse.

Faber, Toby.  Fabergé’s Eggs: The Extra-Ordinary Story of the Masterpieces that Outlived an Empire, 2008.
A historical narrative, new to the genre of Fabergé publications, brings the history of the Russian Romanov family and the House of Fabergé alive through a retelling of the story of the Fabergé eggs. Bolsheviks and entrepreneurs, tycoons and heiresses, con men and queens are introduced with well-researched and detailed facts as the eggs have been sold and smuggled, stolen and forged through the ages. Mr. Faber is a grandson of the Faber and Faber Publishing Company, which in 1953 published The Art of Carl Fabergé by A. Kenneth Snowman, still a classic in the field. British and American editions.

Tillander-Godenhielm, Ulla. Fabergé ja hänen suomalaiset mestarinsa (Fabergé and His Finnish Workmasters), 2008. In Finnish.
Provides an in-depth and expert look into the lives and production of Fabergé's foremost Finnish workmasters, beginning with Pöntinen (Pendin), Holmström, Väkevä, Mickelsson, and Kollin, who began their tenure under Gustav Fabergé. They were followed by Wigström, Pihl, Hollming, Nevalainen, Nykänen (whose name has been erroneously spelled Niukkanen for the past century), Aarne, and Armfelt. The author, a Finn herself and descendant of St. Petersburg jeweler Alexander Tillander, has had the unique opportunity of interviewing many of the descendants of these Fabergé craftsmen, and the book is filled with many unpublished reminiscences.
Appendix features all of the plates from Henrik Wigström's second album of drawings. The first was published in The Golden Years of Fabergé, 2000.

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