987

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 5, Item SC07.01.5.062

Creator:

Schaffer Collection

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK April 9, 1936 #987 Rectangular gold picture frame of exceptional quality and refinement, by "Carl Fabergé", court jeweler to the Czar of Russia. In this specimen, "Fabergé's" unique enamel, a translucent mauve is set off by a border wreath design of minute workmanship in two shades of gold. The opening for the picture, a tiny oval, is enclosed with beadwork attached at the top to festoons and ribbons of classical inspiration. The back is paneled with ivory. From the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.

MRS. JOHN L. PRATT

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Other descriptive data:

Schaffer Collection, Russian Imperial Art Treasures, Rockefeller Center

Digitization of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Archives has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Related material:

47.20.319

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

Access and use