Miniature Chair
1896–1906
House of Fabergé
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
Decorative Art and Design
Miniature Chair, 1896–1906. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Gold, silver gilt, enamel, rubies, diamonds; overall: 10.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.454 The giving of small precious objects as intimate gifts between family members within the imperial court was spurred by the House of Fabergé's seemingly endless supply of bejeweled utilitarian objects decorated as expensively as possible, such as this stamp holder disguised as an exquisite miniature chair in the Louis XVI taste of the late 1700s. This miniature chair has a clever mechanism that allows the seat cushion to slide forward and upward slightly so that it can be opened to reveal a compartment, probably used to hold stamps on a desk.
- Maker/Artist
- House of Fabergé
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- gold, silver gilt, enamel, rubies, diamonds
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 56, Kokoshnik; tester's initials in Cyrillic; 84, Kokoshnik, tester's initials in Cyrillic; К.ФАБЕРЖЕ [C. Fabergé]; Kokoshnik; double-headed eagle; К.Ф. [C.F.]; 25196 scratched. Translation: К ФАБЕРЖЕ (C. Fabergé) К.Ф. (C.F.)
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1966.454
- Credit Line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Exhibitions
- The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries, Year in Review: 1967, Faberge 1846 - 1920, Fabergé in America, Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 211 Fabergé
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