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Peter Carl Fabergé

Russian jeweler
Also known as: Karl Gustavovich Fabergé
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Peter Carl Fabergé (born May 18 [May 30, New Style], 1846, St. Petersburg, Russia—died September 24, 1920, Lausanne, Switzerland) was one of the greatest goldsmiths, jewelers, and designers in Western decorative arts and jeweler to the Russian imperial court. Of Huguenot descent and a son of a St. Petersburg jeweler, Fabergé was trained in St. Petersburg, Frankfurt, and Dresden, and he absorbed influences across western Europe with travels to Paris and London. He inherited his...

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