In this stunning volume Geza von Habsburg, curator of the famous Faberge exhibitions in New York (1996) and Munich (1986 and 2003), describes the history of Carl Faberge and the legendary company that bears his name. The first part of the book is devoted to Faberge's early years in St. Petersburg in the late 1800s and his meteoric rise to the rarified position of Court Jeweller to the Tsars. The second part describes the official appointment of Victor Mayer as sole workmaster of Faberge jewelry and objects of art in 1989 and the resulting revival of the Faberge legend. The dazzling photographs include historic and contemporary jewelry, objets d'art, hardstone figures and the famous Imperial Easter Eggs.