Lot no. 146
TWO FRAGMENTS OF BLACK SILK MORTUARY DRAPS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECOVERED IN NAPOLEON I'S BURIAL GROUND AT SAINTE-HÉLÈNE
Presented under glass in a gilded brass medallion.
Provenance :
Former Napoleonic collection of the Palais Princier de Monaco (2nd sale, lot 185).
It was presented with a handwritten note, now lost.
Two fragments of the silk mortuary cloth which had covered the casket of Napoleon I's in Saint Helene
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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