DOUBLE-SIDED 'VELOURS GRÉGOIRE' PORTRAIT MINIATURE BOX, EARLY 19TH CENTURY image 1

DOUBLE-SIDED 'VELOURS GRÉGOIRE' PORTRAIT MINIATURE BOX, EARLY 19TH CENTURY image 2

Lot 4^Y

DOUBLE-SIDED 'VELOURS GREGOIRE' PORTRAIT MINIATURE BOX, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

London Jewels

26 April 2023, 11:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £765 inc. premium

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DOUBLE-SIDED 'VELOURS GREGOIRE' PORTRAIT MINIATURE BOX, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The velvet portraits of Louis XVI (1754–1793), King of France (1774-1792) and the Dauphin, Louis Joseph Xavier François (1781-1789), gold mounted into the lid and base of the tortoiseshell box, box diameter 7.5cm

Footnotes

The technique for producing images on velvet by painting the warp before weaving, known as 'Velours Grégoire', was developed by Gaspard Grégoire (1751-1846).

A Private Collection of Jewels and Portrait Miniatures of Bourbon Interest

Lots 1 - 16 form part of a private collection of jewels, portrait miniatures and objects de vertu, predominantly relating to the Bourbon dynasty and dating from the 17th century onwards. Bourbon monarchs united France and part of the kingdom of Navarre in 1589, ruling both until the French Revolution of 1792. Restored briefly in 1814 and finally in 1815 after the fall of the First French Empire, the senior line of the Bourbons was overthrown again in the July Revolution of 1830. A cadet Bourbon branch, the House of Orléans, then ruled for 18 years (1830–1848), until it too was deposed.

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