The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Heart-shaped Frame

before 1896
fabricated by

Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin

(Russian, 1860–1903)

firm of Peter Carl Fabergé

(Russian, 1846–1920)
Russia, St. Petersburg
gold, enamel, glass, photograph
Overall: 5.3 x 3.2 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.457
Location: Not on view
  • this frame is said to have come from the apartments of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna at Tsarskoye Selo, but this provenance seems doubtful; India E. Minshall, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Hawley, Henry. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Reproduced: p. 27; mentioned: p. 26; cat. 9 archive.org
  • Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
    The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 1967-January 21, 1968).
  • {{cite web|title=Heart-shaped Frame|url=false|author=Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin, Peter Carl Fabergé|year=before 1896|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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