Talk:House of Fabergé

Pronouncing the name

How do you pronounce it? Daevas 23:02, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

• On 19 June 2010 (3 years later), a pronunciation was added (as "usually fabairzhay"), along with the name in Russian. -Wikid77 (talk) 05:34, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Tone of article wording

The article reads like a promotional piece for the company. May need rephrasing. 130.88.179.77 (talk) 16:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

• Agreed, it also lacks almost any references and the history of Fabergé as a trade mark should not be under an article titled House of Fabergé, which should be restricted to the family. I will have a go at tidying it up a bit.--Jon1984 (talk) 13:02, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Layout of article

By mid-2010, the layout of the article was expanded to describe the evolution of name "Fabergé" and many corporations (or companies) which have bought, or licensed, the name and trademark. There might be a better separation, to track the name, in another article, but so far, this article handles all those issues mixed together. The intro text (on 2 July 2010) was expanded to summarize much of the complex history of the trademark. The following details should be noted:

Common confusions

• Carl Fabergé is famous, but father Gustav Faberge started the firm in 1842.

Writing style: British English; variant spelling "jewellery" (not "jewelry").

Verified intro text

The House of Fabergé (variously pronounced, usually fabairzhay) (Russian: Дом Фаберже) is a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in St Petersburg, Imperial Russia, by Gustav Faberge, as the accented name "Fabergé" and 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, Carl's son Alexander with half-brother Eugéne 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 (cosmetics) companies (such as Fabergé Inc.) launched clothing lines, the cologne Brut (became best-selling cologne at the time), the perfume Babe, hair products, and produced films. [ 2 July 2010 ]

Merge/split of articles

• Text about trademark "Fabergé" may fit better in another article.

Key concepts

• At least 8 organizations have used trademark "Fabergé": House of Fabergé; Fabergé et Cie (Paris 1924); Rayette-Fabergé Inc. (1964), Fabergé Inc. (1971); Fabergé (cosmetics); Unilever (1989); Elida Fabergé; Lever Fabergé (1991); Fabergé Limited (2007); etc.
• Redirections to this article: Fabergé, Faberge.

Those are some issues affecting the article layout. Other major issues should be noted, when needed. -Wikid77 (talk) 07:13, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

The claim about purchasing the trademark is contradicted by this Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_%28cosmetics%29 . Either the trademark was purchased or purloined, not both. The contradiction needs to be resolved. Added by user with IP address 24.176.201.122. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.176.201.122 (talk) 00:03, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

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