The
House of Fabergé (Russian: Дом Фаберже) is a
jewellery firm founded in 1842 in
St. Petersburg,
Imperial Russia, by
Gustav Faberge, using the accented name "Fabergé"; Gustav was followed by his son
Peter Carl Fabergé, until the firm was nationalised by the
Bolsheviks in 1918. The firm has been famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted
Fabergé eggs for the
Russian Tsars and a range of other work of high quality and intricate details. In 1924, Peter Carl's son Alexander with his half-brother Eugène opened
Fabergé et Cie in Paris, making similar jewellery items, but adding the city to their rival firm's trademark as "FABERGÉ, PARIS". In 1937, the brand name "Fabergé" was sold and then re-sold in 1964 to cosmetics company Rayette Inc., which changed its name to Rayette-Fabergé Inc. As the name was resold more times,
Fabergé companies (such as
Fabergé Inc.) launched clothing lines, the cologne
Brut (which became the best-selling cologne at the time), the perfume Babe, hair products, and undertook film production.