Peter Carl Faberge : goldsmith and jeweller to the Russian imperial court and the principal crowned heads of Europe ; an illustrated record and review of his life and work, A.D. 1846-1920 / by Henry Charles Bainbridge ; With a foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell.
Henry Charles Bainbridge (1874 - 1954)
Category
Books
Date
1949
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3069453
Summary
Bibliographic description
Edition de Luxe. xxiv, 169, [1] p., [1], 126 [i.e. 128] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 4to. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half blue morocco, cream cloth over boards; gilt-stamped centrepiece on upper board: coat of arms of Russian Empire; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt lettered spine: 'Peter Carl Faberge his life and work 1846-1920 H.C. Bainbridge'; gilt-stamped crest of Lord Fairhaven at head of spine; gilt top edge. In blue cloth-covered protective slip-case.
Makers and roles
Henry Charles Bainbridge (1874 - 1954), author Sir Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), writer