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Plate I

Rose Trellis Egg
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Rose Trellis Egg

House of Fabergé

Rose Trellis Egg, an Imperial Easter egg made by the House of Fabergé in 1907 and presented to Alexandra Feodorovna.

Date
1907
Collection
Walters Art Museum

Record

The House of Fabergé made the Rose Trellis Egg as an Imperial Easter egg in 1907. Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the egg as an Easter gift. The egg was presented to Alexandra Feodorovna for Easter in 1907. The Imperial egg was made by Fabergé in Saint Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914). The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Walters Art Museum. In this record, Walters Art Museum is the latest publicly identified holder because the cited institutional or location source records the egg there. The documented connections used for this entry are the House of Fabergé as maker, Nicholas II of Russia as commissioner, Alexandra Feodorovna as recipient, and Saint Petersburg as the place of manufacture.

Origin
Saint Petersburg

In the Tapestry

Associated with · 1907
Nicholas II of RussiaA
Presented to · 1907
Alexandra FeodorovnaA
Made in · 1907
Saint PetersburgA
Made by · 1907
House of FabergéA
Owned by · documented 2015 or later
Walters Art MuseumC

Provenance and history

  1. 1907

    Presented to Alexandra FeodorovnaA

    Nicholas II of Russia commissioned the Imperial Easter egg and presented it to Alexandra Feodorovna.

  2. 2015

    Recorded with Walters Art MuseumB

    The Fabergé Research location table recorded this egg with Walters Art Museum.

Sources

  1. A

    Fabergé Research Site, 'Fabergé Imperial Egg Chronology'

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  2. B

    Fabergé Research Site, 'Locations of the 50 Imperial Fabergé Eggs'

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  3. C

    Walters Art Museum, 'Artwork by House of Fabergé'

    Catalogue record

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