The Frick Art & Historical Center will present an exhibition Fabergé: The Hodges Family Collection. Open October 22, 2011–January 15, 2012.
This exhibition features a splendid group of over 100 objects made by famed Russian artist-jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé (1846–1920). From cigarette cases and smoking accessories, to photograph frames, tableware, desk accessories, boxes, clocks, and jewelry, the consummate skill of the House of Fabergé is evident in the ingenious use of precious and semi-precious materials to create luxury objects of the highest order. The objects are from the Hodges Family Collection, the first significant collection of Fabergé assembled in America in decades.
The traveling exhibition has been organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Image; Sweetmeat Box, 1899-1905 Silver, silver-gilt, cabochon sapphire, enamel. ¾”H.
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