Get a peek at bejewelled wonders from Fabergé in Doha

18.05.12

Fabergé: it's an illustrious name in jewellery that conjures images of exquisite Russian Imperial treasures, including the 50 famous Fabergé eggs, collected avidly by the rich and the royal. By the late 20th century, however, the once-glorious name had been licensed out by its then owners and lent to everyday items as varied as aftershave and Barbie. Even while those antique eggs reached astronomical prices at auction, it seemed unlikely that the industrious, imaginative workshops of Fabergé would ever be revived to make new pieces.

But that has all changed and at the Doha Jewellery & Watches exhibition, which starts today and runs until February 27, a diamond and emerald necklace of exceptional beauty and ingenuity, called the Romanov, will make its debut. It will be presented by the new incarnation of Fabergé, which was relaunched in 2009 by Pallinghurst, with the help of the Fabergé Heritage Council and members of the family including Tatiana and Sarah Fabergé, both great-granddaughters of Peter Carl Fabergé.

Source: The National