1035

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 5, Item SC07.01.5.063

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 #1035 Most unusual gold and silver picture frame enameled in brilliant emerald green over a finely chased surface. Designed in a five-petal arrangement, the center bears a photograph of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia, enclosed in beadwork, while in each of the five sectors, oval panels frame the portraits of the five children of the Czar: the Czarevitch Alexis, and the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. The borders of this very rare example are embellished with wreaths, rosettes and bows of classical derivation. The back is paneled with ivory. Executed by "Carl Fabergé", court jeweler to the Russian Imperial family, who has so often been termed the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." 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:

47.20.350

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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