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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

VMFA Archives
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Primary Collecting Areas:
VMFA institutional records, Donor papers, Virginia Artists Archives, Oral histories, Artist subject files, Analog, and digital audiovisual collections
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The Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library provides access to a wealth of rare and unique primary source materials for scholars, researchers, and the public.

The Archives consists of a diverse and growing collection of permanent materials, covering museum history from its beginnings in the 1930s until today. The Archives includes institutional records from over 25 museum departments, thousands of artist and subject files, as well as donated collections related to the museum and the history of art in Virginia. The Archives also recently launched the Virginia Artists Archives, a collecting initiative that aims to create a rich, diverse, and unprecedented collection of Virginia artists’ papers to increase awareness about the contributions of Virginia artists, both past and present.

POC: Roxanne Winfield
Phone: (804) 340-1497
Phone: (804) 340-1495
Start Over Repository Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Date range 1938

A-61 1 page Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 9, Item SC07.02.3.067

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No. A-61 Unusual frame of rose jasper and gold-on-silver, containing a snapshot of Grand Duchess Marie Nicholaevna, third daughter of Nicholai II, taken in Peterhof, 1907. Dome-shaped and with easel back, it is contained in the original Vyatka birch box, lined with green velvet and white silk, of the court jeweler to Nicholai II, Carl Faberge. The lining is stamped with his name beneath the double-headed eagle of royal appointment. The frame is hall-marked with the initials of one of Faberge's leading workmasters [sic], Mikhail Perchin; the number "84" denoting the Russian standard of silver; and the wreathed head of the government assay office. It is also engraved with the original order number of the court jeweler, "45196". From the quarters of the children of Nicholai II, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07)
  3. Series 2: Hammer Galleries
  4. Series 2.3: Item Descriptions
  5. Folder 9

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