recreated in yellow and green gold, silver, pearls, and rose-cut diamonds by Fabergé in 1896 and given to Czarina Alexandra, the wife of Czar Nicholas II. Lilies of the valley were her favorite flowers too—and this piece is considered the most important Fabergé work in the United States. (It was recently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) [Linking back to Shadow Shot Sunday and Today's Flowers.] |
Sunday, June 22, 2014
My favorite flowers . . .
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It's magnificent! And yet I can see how this kind of lavish lifestyle couldn't last forever.
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ReplyDeleteRoyalty know their flowers, don't they? ;)
Shadowy Hike
Wow! I would love to see that in person!
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