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  • La Gazette Drouot

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    Sèvres Porcelain: A Plate Fit for an Emperor

    In October 1807, Napoleon ordered what would become known as the "Emperor’s private service” from the Sèvres factory. Of the more than 230 pieces, this plate featuring one of the Louvre’s rooms will be auctioned soon. Manufacture impériale de Sèvres, 1808, hard porcelain dish, the rim decorated with a frieze…

    Manufacture impériale de Sèvres, 1808, hard porcelain dish, the rim decorated with a frieze of swords linked by a garland of laurel leaves and enriched by stars, the center adorned with a view painted by Jean-Claude Rumeau of Empress Josephine visiting the Victory Room at the Napoleon Museum, the bottom incised and painted in black with the "LL" monogram of Louis XVIII, diam. 23.5 cm/9.25 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000

  • La Gazette Drouot

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    Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon’s Memories of Italy

    The 86 views of Italy that Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon painted between 1816 and 1818 offer a unique glimpse of a rare studio collection. Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon (1787-1855), Le Temple de Vesta à Tivoli (The Temple of Vesta in Tivoli), paper mounted on canvas, 44 x 34 cm/17.3 x 13.4 in. Some sales catalogs…

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    T for Tapestry: The 19th Century, Volume 3

    The 19th century certainly witnessed a notable dichotomy in the sphere of tapestries. After a period devoid of genius, which confined the woven creations to academic cartoons, the second half of the century saw new interest by artists in an art disregarded for far too long. 19th century, tapestry depicting The Coronation…