A fragment of Napoleon Bonaparte's coat worn at the Battle of Marengo in 1800
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
in blue cloth and velvet embroidered with gold thread, decorated with oak leaves; we add a piece of rope used to lower Napoleon's coffin on Saint Helena
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Long. 24,5 cm, haut. de 7 à 8,5 cm ; Length 9 ¾, height from 2 ¾ to 3 3/8 in
This coat is said to have been taken by Napoleon during his exile on the island of Saint Helena and cut up by a British soldier when the Emperor was laid to rest;
Christie's London, 1971 (bought by Mr Lazarus);
Sotheby's London, Estate of the Late Mr Allan F Lazarus, 15 May 1996, lot 262;
Expertized by Jean-Pierre Duchiron (1953-2011), expert in arms and historical souvenirs who certified this pieces in a valuation made for the current owner before 2002.
M. Dancoisne-Martineau and E. Robbe, Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène: La conquête de la mémoire, Paris, 2016, exhibition catalogue, Musée de l'Armée, 6 April - 24 July 2016, p. 266-267, fig. 204
Le sacre de Napoléon, 2022, exhibition catalogue, Chapelle des Jésuites de Saint-Omer, 18 June - 25 September 2022, ill. p. 6
P.-J. Chalençon, B. Topping and R. Hull Etling, Napoléon: An Intimate Portrait, Floride, 2005, exhibition catalogue, 2005-2011, ill. p. 102
Napoléon: An Intimate Portrait, A Travelling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company, 2005-2011
Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène: La conquête de la mémoire, Musée de l’Armée, 6 April - 24 July 2016
Le sacre de Napoléon, Chapelle des Jésuites de Saint-Omer, 18 June - 25 September 2022