Alma Phil's designs for Faberge'. From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Swift, Vivian | COPYRIGHT 1996 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Alma Theresia Pihl is known to have created many designs for jeweler Peter Carl Faberge. She was the niece of Albert Holmstrom, Faberge's jewelry workmaster. Pihl's most noteworthy assignment is the frost flower jewelry made for Dr. Emanuel Nobel.

By the time she was twenty-five years old, Alma Theresia Pihl [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1 OMITTED] had created many designs for the renowned jeweler Peter Carl Faberge. She was the niece of Faberge's jewelry workmaster Albert Holmstrom, an...

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