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Miniature Chair
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)1896–1906
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The giving of small precious objects as intimate gifts between family members within the imperial court was spurred by the House of Fabergé's seemingly endless supply of bejeweled utilitarian objects decorated as expensively as possible, such as this stamp holder disguised as an exquisite miniature chair in the Louis XVI taste of the late 1700s.
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- Title: Miniature Chair
- Creator: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
- Date Created: 1896–1906
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 10.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Miscellaneous
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.454
- Medium: gold, silver gilt, enamel, rubies, diamonds
- Inscriptions: 56, Kokoshnik; tester's initials in Cyrillic; 84, Kokoshnik, tester's initials in Cyrillic; К.ФАБЕРЖЕ [C. Fabergé]; Kokoshnik; double-headed eagle; К.Ф. [C.F.]; 25196 scratched.
- Fun Fact: This miniature chair has a clever mechanism that allows the seat cushion to slide forward and upward slightly so that it can be opened to reveal a compartment, probably used to hold stamps on a desk.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
- Credit Line: The India Early Minshall Collection
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1966.454
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