A bicorne hat , attributed to Poupard, probably for Emperor Napoleon I, circa 1805-1809
Estimate
500,000 - 800,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
black taupe felt known as 'en castor', decorated with a later-added tricolour cockade in red, blue and white cockade, featuring a double-braided cord secured by a button covered with threads, with a reinforcing piece at the front to keep it in place ; traces of an illegible label remain
Width: 50 cm (19 5/8 in)
Front fender height: 17 cm (6 ¾ in)
Rear wing height: 23 cm (9 in)
Cap height: 10, 5 cm (4 1/8 in)
Diameter: 17.3 cm (6 ¾ in)
Head circumference: 56 cm (21 5/8 in)
Outside diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in)
Braid width : 1,7 cm (¾ in)
cockade width : 7,5 cm (3 in)
Probably the one presented by Napoleon to General Mouton at the Battle of Essling in 1809;
By descent in the family;
Lent by the family to the musée Grévin collection;
Probably given back to one member of the Mouton family;
Donated to the current owner;
Expertised by Jean-Pierre Duchiron (1953-2011), guns and historical souvenirs expert who ceretified this hat in a valuation given to the client before 2002.
P.-J. Chalençon, Napoléon, La Collection, Paris, 2019, ill. p. 112-113
La collection Pierre-Jean Chalençon - Napoléon : L’empereur sous la verrière du Grand Palais, Paris, 2018, catalogue for the 30th Biennale Paris, 8-16 september 2018, pp. 17, 21
P.-J. Chalençon, B. Topping and R. Hull Etling, Napoléon: An Intimate Portrait, Floride, 2005, exhibition catalogue, 2005-2011, p. 107
T. Lentz, B. Chevallier et K. Huguenaud, Napoleão, Brésil, 2003, exhibition catalogue, Museu de Arte Brasileira in Sao Paulo, 24 August - 2 November 2003, ill. p. 130, n°62
G. Gengembre, Napoléon, L'empereur immortel, Italie, 2002, ill. p. 242
P. Monnet and T. Lentz, Le Panthéon de Napoléon, Paris, 2001, exhibition catalogue, Panthéon Paris, 12 october 2001 - 6 january 2002, ill. p. 5
Treasures of the Emperor and Imperial France : The Pierre-Jean Chalençon Collection, exhibition catalogue, Villa Alba, Melbourne, 1999, ill. p. 29, fig. 271
M.D. Mac Carthy, "Au Temple du Goût": Chapeaux de Napoléon, témoins de l’Épopée" dans Revue de la Société des Amis du Musée de l’Armée no. 73, Paris, 1969, p. 39-46
J.R. Brunon, "Deux Chapeaux de l’Empereur tombés à la mer à l’île d’Elbe" dans Revue de la Société des Amis du Musée de l’Armée Couronnée no. 72, Paris, 1968, p. 46-47
Treasures of the Emperor and Imperial France : The Pierre-Jean Chalençon Collection, Villa Alba Museum, Melbourne, 1999
Le Panthéon de Napoléon, Panthéon Paris, 12 October 2001 - 6 January 2002
Napoleão, Museu de Arte Brasileira, Sao Paulo, 24 August - 2 November 2003, where the Napoleon's Foundation authentified the hat
Napoléon et la Vendée, hôtel du départment, 18 May - 17 October 2004
Bonaparte et la Vendée, logis de La Chabotterie, 1 May - 17 October 2004
Napoléon: An Intimate Portrait, A Travelling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company, 2005-2011
La collection Pierre-Jean Chalençon - Napoléon : L’empereur sous la verrière du Grand Palais, 30th Biennale Paris, Grand Palais, 8-16 September 2018
The Eagle Flying Across Europe: Napoleon Relics Exhibition, Fondation Napoléon / Hubei Provincial Museum / Nanjing Museum / Liaoning Museum / Tianjin Museum, 29 August 2014 - 31 March 2015
Trésors de Napoléon - Collection Chalençon, Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, 16 May - 1 September 2014
Napoleon Special Exhibition, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Pudong, Shanghai, 27 October 2018 - February 28 2019