Important mourning pan or sheet with the... - Lot 186 - Coutau-Bégarie

Lot 186
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Important mourning pan or sheet with the... - Lot 186 - Coutau-Bégarie
Important mourning pan or sheet with the figure of Napoleon I Inspired by the one made for the Return of the Emperor's ashes in 1840, purple velvet embroidered with gold of a sowing of bees and the figure N in a laurel wreath at both ends of a cross in cream damask application on the center. Important fringed tassels at the 4 corners and border in imitation of ermine spotted on the edge. Lined in black cotton twill, hanging system to present it as a wall hanging, 427 x 306 cm. Provenance: this mourning cloth was made in 2003 for the film Monsieur N by A. de Caunes and then presented for various exhibitions in Sao Paolo in Brazil and at the Jacquemart-André Museum in particular.
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