Flowers Faberge

• Flowers Faberge

When it comes to Carl Faberge, the first thing to pop up the memory of his wonderful masterpieces - Easter eggs, glorified the wizard for the whole world. But no less beautiful, and his other jewelry made of various semi-precious stones, especially the amazing beauty and elegance of flowers, of which he is most fond of the modest field ...

For these purposes Faberge palette used a variety of minerals. He was the first, considering the many colors of the Urals, Siberia and the Caucasus gems, began to work with them, I learned to change their natural color to achieve the desired shade, was able to give any color to gold, boldly combined its products quality materials and not very much. Grand Master possessed many secrets, unravel that jewelers can not so far.

Carl Faberge Gustavovich

Interest in the production of colors emerged from Faberge soon after, once brought to the workshop for the restoration of the extraordinary beauty of a bouquet of chrysanthemums, made in China. Fabergé was fascinated by the work of Chinese artists, hit on the idea to create your own "Herbarium" and soon, together with their masters began to create stone colors.

In the jewelry house Fabergé worked real adepts, such as Michael Evlampievich Perkhin, August Wilhelm Holmstrem, Henrik Emanuel Wigstrom Erik August Kollin, which glorified the name of Faberge in the whole of Europe.

In 1896, in Nizhny Novgorod merchants presented to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in honor of the coronation of the extraordinary beauty of a gift - a bouquet of lilies of the valley in the forest golden basket, with the lily of the valley flowers they were made of pearls and diamonds, and the leaves, just as lively - jade. This work was a copy of the decorations of the palace of the Chinese emperor.

Basket with lilies of the valley, Faberge, master of August Hallstrom. 1896 Gold, silver, jade, pearl, diamond

It should be noted that the clean copy of Faberge did not welcome, he believed that the products of each artist must be unique.

Cost Faberge did not attach much importance, they can be evaluated as a single ruble, and a hundred thousand rubles, depending on the materials used. And above all Carl Faberge appreciated the idea, artistic imagination and skill of jewelers and cutters virtuoso.

He did not feel much reverence and to expensive materials. If the finished product he did not like, it was not in him the charm that he would eventually see Faberge could break it without regret.

Vases for flowers masters Faberge mainly made of rock crystal with a special technology. Due to its transparency under the impression that the flowers are present in vessels with water.

One of the most amazing colors created by Faberge is an ordinary dandelion, with gold jade stalk and leaves, which is stored in the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin in 1995.

Dandelion in a vase. Faberge, in 1914-1917. Armouries

Looking at this dandelion, create a full feeling that this fragile creature just gently stripped and put into the water. A master failed to stop a moment ...

The most amazing thing about this flower is that at the end of his silver stamens quite inexplicably fixed real fluff from dandelions. Moreover, scattered from above even small diamonds that shine in certain lights, like dew dropwise. For the examination of fluff caused even biologists and those reliably established that it is real, and the age of down corresponds to the date of creation of this masterpiece - about a hundred years. How Faberge managed to secure weightless fluff and ensure their safety - is unclear ...

Another unique creation named "Pansy," the like of which is not in the world, was established in 1904.

Pansies. Faberge, master G. Wigstrom. Rhinestone, diamond, glass, ivory and gold. M. Kremlin Museums

Inside it is hidden a special miniature mechanism, which is triggered by pressing a tiny button. Flower petals open, and inside it there are portraits of all the children of the imperial family. This flower Nicholas II presented to his wife on the tenth anniversary of their wedding.

Wizards and designers Faberge created many floral arrangements of individual flowers and bouquets, looking at that, it is impossible to believe that they are made of stone.

Let us admire these amazing flowers ...