“Fabergé Gifts of the Romanov Family” Wednesday, December 4 2 p.m.
Following the lecture, Dorothy McFerrin will sign copies of her new book From a Snowflake to an Iceberg. Those in attendance will receive a discount on the book.
NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE From a Snowflake to an Iceberg The McFerrin Collection has quickly become one of the world’s most significant private Fabergé collections. Their collection is now chronicled in a beautiful new book with exquisite pictures of Fabergé masterworks along with the Romanov family and other patrons of the House of Fabergé. Signed and unsigned copies are available. The book is only available at the HMNS Museum Store and museumstore.hmns.org.
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In Imperial Russia, gift giving was a way to express endearing sentiment to loved ones, or was often a diplomatic gesture—or in some occasions a combination of both. Dorothy McFerrin will tell the stories associated with beautiful pieces commissioned as gifts from the Romanov family and crafted by Fabergé. In this presentation you will also learn of the web of Romanov royalty throughout Europe in the nineteenth century.
HMNS FABERGÉ: A BRILLIANT VISION
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