Alexander Julius Fabergé (Russian: Александр Карлович Фаберже; Saint Petersburg, December 17, 1878 – 1952, Paris, France) was the son of Carl Fabergé of the House of Fabergé and his wife Augusta Julia Fabergé. He had 3 brothers, Eugen Fabergé, Agathon Carl Theodor Fabergé, and Nikolai Leopold Fabergé.
He married firstly Johanna Tamermann and secondly Nina Belichova and had two children, Alexander Cyril and Irina Fabergé. [1]
The October Revolution in Russia was disastrous for the Fabergé business. Most of its clients fled the country, if they were not arrested. The company was “nationalized“, which took the form of all five of its branches being closed. Carl Fabergé himself was able to get out of Russia in September 1918 and died in Switzerland in 1920. His sons did not succeed in leaving at the same time. [2] Alexander Fabergé himself was able to leave in May 1920, travelling first to Helsinki and then on to Southampton on the SS Dongola. [3] From there, he settled first in Germany and finally in France. With his brother Eugen and Andreas Marchetti, Fabergé opened a new store in Paris called Fabergé & Cie. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
References
- ^ Christel Ludewig McCanless Fabergé and His Works: An Annotated Bibliography of the First Century of His Art (Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994) ISBN 0-8108-2836-7
- ^ "The Fabergé Saga: The Fall of Two Empires".
- ^ Dongola passenger list, 22 May 1920 at ancestry.co.uk, accessed 10 May 2020 (subscription required)
- ^ "Faberge | the House of Luxury".
- ^ "History of Faberge Jewelry". www.russianamericancompany.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Crown – Iconic Works at the Met NY".
- ^ "Fabergé Research Site | Newsletter 2010-2011 Winter".
- ^ Bonus, Wendy (2010-07-14). The Fabergé Connection: A Memoir of the Bowe Family. ISBN 9781450232807.