Facings from the Grand Ceremonial Coat of a Marshal of the Empire, circa 1809-1810, belonging to Marshal Nicolas-Charles Oudinot
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the two long lapels are in white silk velvet, embroidered with large, undulating oak branches in thread, cannetille, and gilt silver spangles; the hem of the coat, in two curved sections, is in midnight blue silk velvet embroidered with large, undulating oak branches similar to those on the lapels; presented in a later frame; (humidity stains and discolorations)
Lapels:
Heights: 103 cm; 40 1/2 in
Upper widths: 19.5 cm; 7 2/3 in
Lower widths: 45 cm; 17 1/2 in
Borders:
Lengths: 121 cm; 47 1/2 in
Widths: 14.5 cm; 5 1/2 in
Nicolas Charles Oudinot (1767-1847), Marshal of the Empire in 1809 and Duke of Reggio in 1810, probably serving during the coronation, as well as at Napoleon's marriage to Marie-Louise in 1810 and the birth of the King of Rome;
Piasa, Paris, December 4, 2006, (expert Philippe Missilier).
P.J. Chalençon, Napoléon, La Collection, Paris, 2019, p. 93.