CIDEAU MORCEAU FOR EMPEROR NAPOLÉON I'S BED AT SAINTE-HÉLÈNE In white satin. Presented on a green satin background with a handwritten notarial deed dated 1912 from Lucie Casabianca, widow of Valentini, certifying that this fragment came from her uncle, the late Abbé Vignali, and that the other mementos were kept in Vignale by her cousin Charles Marie. Made in Bastia on 31 May 1912. Presented under glass in a gilded frame decorated with a wreath of laurel leaves. Dimensions (fragment): 11.5 x 15 cm - Dimensions (frame): 37 x 48 cm B.E. Origin : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (2nd sale, lot 179) A piece of the Emperor Napoleon I's bed curtain in Saint Helene, in white satin Commentary: Abbé VIGNALI, Ange-Paul (1784-1836) He went to Rome in 1814 and obtained a doctorate in medicine and theology in January 1819. He offered Madame Mère and Cardinal Fesch the chance to travel to Saint Helena, where he accompanied Abbé BUONAVITA, who had been chosen as the Emperor's chaplain. They left Rome on 25 February 1819 and disembarked at Saint Helena on 20 September. Abbé VIGNALI served as chaplain and replaced Abbé BUONAVITA as chaplain on 18 March 1821. He administered extreme unction to Napoleon on 1 May 1821 and received his last breath on 5 May. He conducted the funeral ceremony on 9 May. He left St Helena on 25 May 1821 for Rome, which he left to go to Corsica in April 1823. He was assassinated on 13 June 1836.