Background
The Bolsheviks nationalized Fabergé Workshop, and Faberge fled to Switzerland. He died on September 24, 1920. Most of the Imperial Eggs and the many other jewelry pieces were packed in crates. Unfortunately, several of the eggs became missing due to looting.
Fabergé has crafted over 150 eggs in his lifetime, but only 50 of them have been found. Two of which are held at the Walters Art Museum.
Gatchina Palace Egg
Peter Carl Fabergé, 1901
Medium: gold, "en plein" enamel, silver-gilding, portrait diamonds, rock crystal, and seed pearls (Source: thewalters.org)
Gatchina Palace Egg
Peter Carl Fabergé, 1907
Medium: gold, enamel, diamonds (Source: thewalters.org)
Solution
The goal was to develop a photograph-oriented booklet that outlines Peter Carl Fabergé’s history and the two jeweled eggs held at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
