Article: Warm, sensuous wood The grain, color and exoticism of wood has won a following among top designers A Cut Above/ Jewelry

Victoria Gomelsky International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
05-02-2009
Warm, sensuous wood The grain, color and exoticism of wood has won a following among top designers A Cut Above/ Jewelry
Byline: Victoria Gomelsky International Herald Tribune
Edition: 1
Section: SPECIAL REPORT

NEW YORK: --

Peter Carl Faberge's final grand commission for Czar Nicholas II was an Easter egg made of Karelian birch, intended for the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.

"Faberge had his own wood workshop staffed by Finnish craftsmen, who worked hand in hand with the goldsmiths," said Kieran M. McCarthy, director at Wartski, an art and antique dealer in London specializing in fine jewelry, gold ...

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