1166

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 5, Item SC07.01.5.064

Creator:

Schaffer Collection

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK April 9, 1936 #1166 Very fine silver triptych frame of translucent white enamel applied over a chased (guilloché) surface, framed in a conventionalized leaf border of meticulous carving. The actual openings for the portraits, two rectangular ones in the outer panels and octagonal one in the center, are placed with the formalized precision of the classic taste. Exquisite borders, festoons with ribbons, together with rosettes and beadwork, complete the ensemble. Signed by "Carl Fabergé", celebrated court jeweler to the Russian Imperial family, who is today referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century" because of the perfection of his craftsmanship. From the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.

MRS. JOHN L. PRATT

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Other descriptive data:

Schaffer Collection, Russian Imperial Art Treasures, Rockefeller Center

Digitization of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Archives has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Related material:

47.20.358

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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