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| History of coloring Easter Eggs
(part 3). Read the history of coloring Easter eggs part 1 Read the history of coloring Easter eggs part 2 Decorating and coloring Easter eggs was the custom in England during the middle ages. The household accounts of Edward I, for the year 1290, recorded an expenditure of eighteen pence for four hundred and fifty eggs to be gold-leafed and colored for Easter gifts. Faberge eggs are the most famous decorated Easter eggs. They were those made by the well-known goldsmith, Peter Carl Faberge. In 1883 the Russian Czar, Alexander, commissioned Faberge to make a special Easter gift for his wife, the Empress Marie. The first Faberge egg was an egg within an egg. It had an outside shell of platinum and enameled white which opened to reveal a smaller gold egg. The smaller egg, in turn, opened to display a golden chicken and a jeweled replica of the Imperial crown. This special Faberge eggs so delighted the Czarina that the Czar promptly ordered the Faberge firm to design further eggs to be delivered every Easter. In later years Nicholas II, Alexander's son,continued the custom. Fifty-seven Faberge eggs were made in all. Today Easter eggs are decorated with superb artistry. Some use flowers and leaves from greeting cards, tiny cherubs, jewels and elegant fabrics, braids and trims, to adorn the eggs. They are separated, delicately hinged and glued with epoxy and transparent cement, then when completed, they are covered with a glossy resin finish. Children color with wax crayons then dip the egg in a dye to create colorful easter eggs. Some artists have hand printed poems that scroll out from the decorated egg. Although the omens and the mystery of the egg have disappeared today, the symbolism remains, and artists and children delight in the old world tradition of adorning and coloring Easter eggs.
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