Jewels from imperial St. Petersburg

Contents

Avant-propos -- Orthography and Dates -- Four Empresses : Early History -- Chère Cousine -- Gustav III visits Catherine the Great -- From Neoclassicism to the Empire Style : Paul I -- The Duval Family of Jewelers and the Dowries of the Young Grand Duchesses -- An Imperial Christening Gift -- The Empire Style : Alexander I -- The Grand Duchy of Finland -- The 12,000-Ruble Mystery -- The Emperor's Tours of the Grand Duchy -- A Snuffbox Filled with Gold Ruble Coins -- Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt -- The Emergence of Historicism : Nicholas I -- The Empress's Jewelry Chests -- The Envoy and the Princess -- Princess Zinaida Ivanovna Iusupova -- Brilliant Matches -- The Sancy Diamond -- Gifts to Friends and Godchildren -- Gustaf Ehrström -- Ladies of the Imperial Court -- Serving Seven Sovereigns - The Court Jewelers Bolin -- Battle of the Styles : Alexander II -- Nature as a Source of Inspiration -- Dictates of Fashion - Royal Blue -- A Prominent Industrialist - Henrik Borgstrom -- The Countess Who Shocked Her Contemporaries -- A Fête Worthy an Emperor -- Myrtle, Symbol of a Happy Marriage -- The Sinebrychoff Brewing Family -- An Unlikely Friendship - Queen Olga of Greece and Baroness Sophie von Kraemer -- Princess Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iusupova -- Fin de siècle : Alexander III -- Navigare Necesse Est -- The Visit to Rilax -- Salmon Feasts at Langinkoski -- Sophie von Remy - A Lonely Soul -- A Parcel from Leningrad with Surprising Contents -- Gifts from an Unknown Princess -- Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Iusupova -- The New Century : Nicholas II -- Among the Birds and the Bees -- The Belle Époque and Garland Style -- The Most Elegant and Best-Dressed Woman in Petrograd -- Countess Betsy Shuvalova -- The Wedding Jewelry of Princess Irina Iusupova -- A Sumptuous Fancy Ball -- Jewelry from the Taneev Pistolekors Families -- August Gifts -- The Jeweler Karl Fabergé --Holmström Family of Jewelers -- The second Generation -- Alina Holmström -- Alma Pihl -- The Jeweler A. Tillander -- Haiko Manor - Retreat and Shelter.