312 - ACADEMIC BICORNE HAT BY HENRI DUPUY DE LOME (1816–1885).

ACADEMIC BICORNE HAT BY HENRI DUPUY DE LOME (1816–1885). Made of taupe felt, trimmed with black feathers. Black velvet braid and button embroidered with olive leaves in green and light green thread. Embroidered tricolor cockade. Inner lining marked in gold with “A.BOUCICAUT.” In its original carrying box. A.B.E. Second Empire period. Internal dimensions: 14.5 x 20 cm Provenance | Henri Dupuy de Lôme, then by descent Biography | Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme French naval engineer (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885). He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the Second Empire’s navy. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.