The House of Fabergé has its global impact on the decorative arts. Many designers and creative people in world’s artistic industry inspired by Faberge timeless and collectable pieces.
I was lucky to be born and grew up in one of the most fabulous and beautiful cities in the world, St. Petersburg, Russia. My family deep heritage and every weekend of my childhood spent in the palaces-museums gave me unforgettable impression and education. Many favorite designs and patterns were in my mind for a long time till I found the way how to emphasize them.
In DiTozzi Collection, there is one of the most recognizable around the world artistic work “Lilies of the Valley”. This design is inspired by the Russian Empress, Catherine the Great. The Lily of the Valley was her favorite flower, a motif of her most prized possessions. This rug is drawn from the fan, which is an historic artifact in the safekeeping of the Hermitage and Faberge Egg “ of the Faberge Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. This meticulously crafted rug was displayed in the most prestigious exhibitions in Italy, the United States, France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and of course Russia.
“Lilies of the Valley” fan, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Newly tested “Lilies of the Valley” arrived for being displayed at Maison Objet, Paris and has been successfully sold during first 30 min of the exhibition.
“Imperial Lilies of the Valley Basket”, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
Christopher Guy Harrison is visiting “Luxury Home by Diana Tozzi” in New York City.
Egg "Lilies" is another gift of Nicholas II dear wife, and produced in the Art Nouveau or Art Nouveau style which the Empress adored.
In addition, lily of the valley - a symbol of feminine purity. The imperial couple gave birth to two daughters by April 1898, shortly before the egg was constructed. Their portraits, along with a portrait of the emperor, form a shamrock, which rotataes upward when the egg is opened.
Diana Tozzi at work. Making of new design of furniture, rugs or accessories always requires inspiration and very many sketches for finding a right and only one design for being developed up to its finality…
Mosaic Faberge Egg was one of my invitations for various DiTozzi Designs.
The egg was the Tsar’s Easter gift to his wife in 1914, but the original invoice was destroyed and the cost is therefore unknown. The Tsarina’s monogram and the date 1914 are set beneath a moonstone at the apex of the egg. It comprises a platinum mesh into which tiny diamonds, rubies, topaz, sapphires, demantoid garnets, pearls and emeralds are fitted – perfectly cut, polished and calibrated to fill the spaces.This extraordinary technical feat is all the more impressive because the platinum is not welded but cut.The five oval panels around the centre of the egg feature a stylised floral motif, replicating the technique of petit-point.
Even during production, some details of the pattern might be changed…perfection, perfection and perfection.