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This full-color catalog covers the extraordinary range of objects produced by the great Russian self-described artist-jeweler Peter Carl Faberge (1846-1920). Smoker's accessories, photograph frames, clocks, desk pieces, boxes, cases, cabinet objects, jewels and costume accessories, table silver, hardstone animals, flowers, and Easter eggs appear in lustrous full-color photographs. All of these pictured are part of the Hodges Family Collection of masterworks by Faberge, which is the first significant American group of Faberge works assembled in decades. The Hodges Collection's inclusion of work by all of the workmasters and outside suppliers of the Faberge firm further raises its significance. The collection is on extended loan to the New Orleans Museum of Art. Written by the museum's curator of decorative arts and recognized Faberge authority, John Webster Keefe, the book includes valuable essays by collector Daniel L. Hodges; by preeminent Faberge scholar Dr. Geza von Habsburg discussing the astonishing rise of the Faberge market; by Kieran McCarthy, specialist in Faberge's work in wood; and by prominent Faberge bibliographer Christel L. McCanless. A chronology for the House of Faberge from 1814 to 2007 is also included. Each piece in the Hodges Family Collection is illustrated in color and accompanied by a full description, an essay on its place in the Faberge oeuvre, its relevant history, its provenance, and its specific bibliography.

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John Webster Keefe is a well-known author in the art history field, particularly on the work of Faberge. He has published papers in Arts Quarterly and has worked with the New Orleans Museum of Art on art from many other jewelers as well.

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