TAIE D’OREILLER DU ROI DE ROME
Pillowcase in white batiste, edged with a double flounce of muslin embroidered with flowers.
L. 62 cm.
Provenance
- Napoleon II (François Joseph), son of Emperor Napoleon and Empress Marie-Louise of Austria, was born in Paris on March 20, 1811, with the title of King of Rome.
- Madame de Montesquiou, governess to the King of Rome, then by descent.
- Beaussant-Lefèvre sale, May 22, 2013, lot 114 (part of lot).
- Private collection, Paris.
Literature
Enfance impériale, Le Roi de Rome, fils de Napoléon, ed. Faton, 2011.