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Embroidery with Imperial Eagle image 1
Embroidery with Imperial Eagle image 2
Lot 81*

Embroidery with Imperial Eagle

27 October 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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Embroidery with Imperial Eagle

The regal bird with wings outstretched, its head turned to sinister with an elaborate coronet floating just above, its delicate talons perched on two entwined laurel branches, raised on a pale blue ground and displayed behind a glass panel within a gilt wood border, including the frame 48.5cm x 48.1cm

Provenance:
Charlotte Bonaparte
Private Collection, Florence

Exhibited:
Museo Napoleonico, Rome (5 February-30 May 2010)
Musee Napoleon , Elba (15 June-30 September 2010)
Chateaux de Malmaison & de Bois-Preau Museum (20 October 2010-10 January 2011

Literature:
Exhibition catalogues for Rome and Malmaison 2010 & 2011

Footnotes

Possibly from the private collection of Justine Riblet.

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