Fabergé
The House of Fabergé (French pronunciation: [fabɛʁʒe]; Russian: Дом Фаберже, romanized: Dom Faberzhe) is a jewellery maison founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Gustav Fabergé. In 2007, it was re-established as Faberge UK Limited, the luxury jewellery house based in London.
Gustav's sons, Peter Carl and Agathon grew the business until the October Revolution in 1917. The firm was renowned for designing elaborate, jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs for Russian Tsars, as well as a range of high-quality, intricate jewellery pieces, boxes, desk items, hard stone sculptures and gifts. In 1924, Peter Carl's sons Alexander and Eugène Fabergé opened Fabergé & Cie in Paris, France, making similar jewellery with the firm's stamp styled as FABERGÉ, PARIS.
In 1937 Samuel Rubin started a perfume business using the Fabergé name without permission from the family. After a settlement for the use of the name, Rubin expanded his business and his company was resold many times in which the Fabergé name was used for clothing, other perfumes and colognes such as Babe and Brut, hair products and film productions.
Imitation "Fauxbergé" objects and "Fabergé-style" products occurred during the 20th century but Fabergé eggs continued to develop cultural significance through collections, exhibitions, auctions, television, film and pop-culture references that play on the rarity, quality and value of its designs.
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