The Style Of Faberge. Excellence is timeless
ARTinvestment.RU   05 декабря 2018

Exhibition in the Museum-выставочном complex "New Jerusalem" will present more than 400 works of Faberge from Faberge Museum in Baden-Бадене, the State Hermitage Museum "Peterhof", state historical Museum, etc.

the Museum-выставочный complex "New Jerusalem"
15 December 2018 – March 24 2019
Istra, Novo-Иерусалимская embankment, 1

15 Dec in Museum-выставочном complex "New Jerusalem" will take place opening of exhibition of "Faberge Style. Superiority out of time". The exhibition will feature more than 400 exhibits, many of which have never been shown to the General public. The project will bring together works by fabergé from the collections of Russian and foreign museums: the Museum of Faberge in Baden-Бадене (Germany), State Hermitage Museum, State Museum-заповедника "Peterhof", State historical Museum, Russian Museum of decorative-прикладного and folk art and Russian national Museum (Russia).

"This is the first such large-scale project that represents not just individual items, documenting the history of the House of Faberge. An extensive exposition will acquaint visitors not only precious goods but also with the unique documents, marking of momentous milestones in the history of the famous brand", — says the exhibition's curator, Professor, founder of Russia's first private Museum (the Russian national Museum) and the Museum of Faberge in Baden-Бадене (Germany) Alexander Ivanov.

the Idea is to present solid historical perspective will be reflected in the concept and architecture of the exhibition space. Visitors will trace the stages of development of the famous jewelry house — from emergence to dusk, which however was not the end of the era of Faberge.

among the owners of products world-known company — rulers of great Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Greece, Bulgaria, and other countries. A distinctive feature of the Faberge company was the merger of the two in General-то different specializations. On the one hand, the firm created jewelry with precious stones, enamels and the so-called haberdashery: snuff boxes, candy boxes, cigarette cases. On the other hand, it is intensively worked on the manufacture of silver jewelry — Cutlery, vases, cups, prize cups. It is noteworthy that the exhibition Istra will reflect the full range of activities world-known company.

in Addition to jewelry and accessories, the Museum "New Jerusalem" can be seen in crystal ware, gift and interior products. Separate sections will be presented the precious haberdashery, badges, lapidary products and workFaberge during the First world war. Also on display will be possible to assess and compare the working style of artists of different branches of the company: St-петербургского and Moscow. Special area of the exhibition will be the Royal hall, where will be demonstrated the unique instances of Royal gifts, the famous Imperial Easter eggs, items from the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty, the decoration of the Imperial family.

among the key exhibits — Imperial Easter egg made of Karelian birch (1917), the last Easter egg made and presented to the Royal family by Faberge; Imperial Easter egg "Constellation Tsarevich Alexei" (1917), destined as a gift to Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna for Easter of 1917; brooch "Butterfly" (1896), presented by Emperor Nicholas II to the actress M. N. Yermolova.

"the exhibition in Istra — said the Director of the Museum-выставочного complex "New Jerusalem" Vasily Kuznetsov, — is no accident. First of all, because Russian Palestine — a place historically associated with Royal family. In different years the members of the ruling Romanov dynasty was in favor of local places, giving Novo-Иерусалимскому monastery a truly luxurious things. Examples of these deposits today are presented in our permanent exhibition. Been to New Jerusalem and Emperor Nicholas II, in whose reign the jewelry firm experienced an extraordinary heyday. At the exhibition visitors will see some of the items made by order of the Emperor important events, public dates, and in other, sometimes very personal reasons".

In one of the rooms will be recreated the interior of the Cabinet chief of the head of the firm of Carl Faberge, where you can see the original writing accessories from the house of Faberge and the telephone from the office of the master in the house on Bolshaya Morskaya street in Saint-Петербурге. A separate room will be devoted to workshops of Faberge. The Central installation will be a huge table, which will show a stylized version of the working table of the jeweler with the unique tools the turn of the century, original artists ' sketches, in which the artist works. On interactive touch-панелях will collect information and photographs about the features of jewelry techniques, glorified unmatched brand. A separate space organizers took under a zone master-классов, and a cinemavisitors can enjoy a film about its history.

in Addition to works directly fabergé, the exhibition will present the works of the contemporaries of the great masters, imitating or trying to compete with him, — items firms Bolin, Sazikov, Ovchinnikov and Khlebnikov.

The Exhibition "Faberge Style. Superiority out of time" will be the first international project of the Museum "New Jerusalem", where in recent years it was possible to see works of the greatest painters: Shishkin, Levitan, Ayvazovsky, Picasso, Durer, Kustodiev, Falk and other artists.

Curator: Alexander Nikolaevich Ivanov — Professor, the founder of Russia's first private Museum — Russian national Museum — and Faberge Museum in Baden-Бадене (Germany).

Source: njerusalem.ru