Mar 16 - GibDFAS Lecture: The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé: Before The Revolution

Written by YGTV Team on 16 March 2016.

The Gibraltar Decorative and Fine Arts Society is hosting a lecture this evening titled: ‘The Imperial Easter Eggs of Carl Fabergé: Before The Revolution.’ The lecture will be presented by Toby Faber.

The lecture will take place at 7.30 pm at the O’Callaghan Eliott Hotel with welcome drinks starting as from 6.30pm.

What’s it about?

Between 1885 and 1916, Carl Fabergé made fifty jewelled eggs – Easter presents from Russia’s last two emperors to their wives. They have become the most famous surviving symbols of the Romanov Empire. These are a series of creations demonstrating ingenuity and creativity for which there are few parallels in any other field.

Who is Toby Faber?

Toby Faber has written two works of narrative history, Stradivarius and Fabergé’s Eggs, and given lectures associated with these two subjects at venues including The Victoria and Albert Museum, Bath Theatre, The Library of Congress and the Huntington

Library, as well as a number of literary festivals. His career began with Natural Sciences at Cambridge, followed by investment banking, management consulting and five years as managing director of the publishing company founded by his grandfather, Faber and Faber, where he remains on the board. Toby is also non-executive Chairman of its sister company, Faber Music, and is a trustee of Yale University Press (UK) and a director of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society.

Lecture is free for members, £10 for guests.

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