All for One and One for All! The Musketeers’ Regalia Comes to Auction

La Gazette Drouot
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Restoration period, 1814-1815. Set of six standards and banners of King Louis XVIII's 2nd Company of Black Musketeers, presented on a wooden frame (185 x 242 cm/72.83 x 95.27 in), including the flag (80 x 80 cm/31.49 x 31.49in) and standard (52 x 54 cm/20.47 x 21.2 in), the four trumpet banners in blue silk, edged on all four sides with gold passementerie bangs (49 x 51 cm/19.2 x 20.07 in), the four trumpet banner cords in passementerie mixed with silver, gold and blue silk threads, and the two flag ties model 1814 in ivory silk (h. 55 cm/21.6 in). Estimate: €120,000/150,000

The descendants of the last captain of the Black Musketeers, the Marquis de La Grange, have kept together the regalia of the famous French company. A special opportunity for collectors. Restoration period, 1814-1815. Set of six standards and banners of King Louis XVIII's 2nd Company of Black Musketeers, presented on a wooden frame (185 x 242 cm/72.83 x 95.27 in), including the flag (80 x 80 cm/31.49 x 31.49in) and standard (52 x 54 cm/20.47 x 21.2 in), the four trumpet banners in blue silk, edged on all four sides with gold passementerie bangs (49 x 51 cm/19.2 x 20.07

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