Lacquer Box
c. 1890
House of Fabergé
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
Decorative Art and Design
Lacquer Box, c. 1890. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918), Factory N. Lukutin (Russian). Lacquer, papier-mâché, gold, diamonds; overall: 1.8 x 14.5 x 5 cm (11/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.464 This lacquer box was created by the Lukutin Factory, which was well known for creating boxes such as this one after Piotr Lukutin took charge of production and expanded the factory to include tea caddies and various desk accessories. This particular box from the Lukutin workshop is remarkable in its detailed gold patterns and diamond inlays that create an intentional contrast with the deep red surface. Piotr Lukutin’s workshop employed over 50 skilled painters as well as acted as a school for training apprentices.
- Maker/Artist
- House of Fabergé
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- lacquer, papier-mâché, gold, diamonds
- Medium
- lacquer, papier-mâché, gold, diamonds
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1.8 x 14.5 x 5 cm (11/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed (inside cover): Factory N. Lukutine (in Cyrillic script in gold); three double-headed eagles in gold.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1966.464
- Credit Line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Exhibitions
- The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries, Year in Review: 1967, Fabergé in America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2/12/96-4/28/96); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (5/25/96-7/28/96); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (8/24/96-11/2/96); New Orleans Museum of Art (12/7/96-2/8/97); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/9/97-5/11/97). "Fabergé in America," exh. cat. no. 73, p. 102; p. 96; color repr. p. 102.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 211 Fabergé
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