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Fabergé egg, any of a series of decorative eggs containing objets d’art that were made by Peter Carl Fabergé’s studios from 1885 to 1917. The best-known—as well as the most lavish and intricate—were the 50 Imperial eggs created for the Romanov family and given as Easter gifts. In 1885 Alexander III first commissioned an egg as a present for his wife, Maria Fyodorovna. He worked in close collaboration with Fabergé, a jeweler known for his fine craftsmanship and creativity. Their resul...

carte-de-visite. Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Évrard invented the process using albumen (that’s the clear gelatinous part that surrounds the yolk) in 1850, and it became the most popular method for photographic printing in the 19th century. Paper was laid on a mixture of albumen and salt. When it dried, it made a glossy coated paper. The process could be used with any type of negative. It yielded precise images (partly because the image actually floated on the surface), and it was inexpensive. I...