Talk:Peter Carl Fabergé

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Fabergé’s company became the largest in Russia?

Is that saying the largest company of any sort, or the largest of its type? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronstew (talk • contribs) 16:05, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Fabergé´s Company in Imperial Russia

It was the largest jewelry company in Imperial Russia. Most of its workers, goldsmiths, were of Finnish Swede origin. Out of the total St.Petersburg goldsmiths - one quarter - 314 in number were Finns, of which many were Finlandsvenskar ie. had Sweden their mother language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.112.46 (talk) 05:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Importance of Google doodle

The subject of this article has been mentioned and honored by many publications over the years, why is the Google doodle notable? 115.188.135.135 (talk) 22:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree. After all Faberge only became famous after having one of his eggs featured in a James Bond film (I think it was Octopussy) so that should have a more prominent mention than google, and I'm fed up of seeing google doodles mentioned in wikipedia articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.123.147 (talk) 23:13, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I disagree that Fabergé "only became famous after having one of his eggs featured in a James Bond film", he was certainly a wellknown craftsman long before that. However I also question the importance of the Google doodle, it seems to be a relatively unimportant event in relation to him. --Saddhiyama (talk) 23:26, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree that being honored by Google isn't highly significant in the story of Fabergé. I noticed that the section in which it was mentioned was about his jeweled eggs and it referred to an article about them. Reading that article, I see that it has a "popular culture" section. I've added a reference to Google there, by copying the statement from this article and adding some links. That seems like the appropriate place for this reference. If one feels so inclined, the Google reference could be removed from this article. --Lance E Sloan (talk) 13:40, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

asu — Preceding unsignedcomment added by 125.163.164.127 (talk) 06:25, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree, it's like saying Fabergé was honoured with a cartoon in the New Yorker on 6 June 1964 or something. It's trivial and ephemeral. I reckon get rid of it. Anyhow, there's a list of Google Doodles in 2012, for posterity. Deoxyribonucleic acid trip (talk) 08:09, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

I have no opinion of the inclusion of the doodle or not, but I do strongly object to somebody taking the opportunity to adding a spammy reference that sends you to a page with a take-over popup. If the doodle mention stays, please add a reference to a better source. CapnZapp (talk) 08:15, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 30 May 2012

180.215.47.1 (talk) 13:06, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Why "Karl Gustavovich"?

The beginning of the article mentions that Fabergé was also known as Karl Gustavovich Fabergé in Russia. I looked all through the article for an explanation of that, but I couldn't find any. That was the only mention of "Karl Gustavovich". The article should explain why he was known by that name in Russia. --Lance E Sloan (talk) 13:28, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

The "Karl Gustavovich" is easy enough: This would be the normal Russian patronymic form for a Karl (Carl) whose father's name was Gustav. (Don't sweat the "c" vs. "k" spelling–Russian isn't even written in the Latin alphabet.) What I couldn't find is when the name Peter was added to his name. StevenJ81 (talk) 18:43, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Death

Peter Carl Faberge was 75 when he, unfortunately, died. By..........???— Preceding unsignedcomment added by 186.176.175.72 (talk) 16:46, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

House of Fabergé in 1860; Gustav's business  ?

Is Gustav Faberge's business in 1860 House of Fabergé? I have added shop name; House of Fabergé for sentence "... in 1860 Gustav Fabergé retired...". I read in House of Fabergé /*top*/ as "The House of Fabergé (French pronunciation: ​[fabɛʁʒe]) (Russian: Дом Фаберже) is a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, by Gustav Faberge,... ". As I am translating Template:Fabergé_egg into Japanese and plan to expand Peter Carl Fabergé, appreciate any advice. --Omotecho (talk) 06:54, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

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Luggage?

Carl never traveled with luggage—he bought all his requisites at his destination. On one occasion, when he arrived at the Negresco Hotel in Nice the doorman barred him from entering because of the amount of luggage he carried.

So was Faberge denied entrance because he had no luggage, or was he denied entrance because he had too much luggage? IMO articles need to be clear, rather than clever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.193.199.6 (talk) 19:06, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Picture in header

The picture in the header is actually Peter Tchaikovsky, the composer. Nickjgunning (talk) 21:24, 23 May 2018 (UTC)