Perhaps it was because he was emperor and not king. Kings uses red,`?
At the danish national museum there is an embroidered court suit made for the danish ambassador in Paris. He wore this when Napoleon was crowned. Denmark was for Napoleon, and as you all know, the english came and bombed Copenhagen. A very bad mistake!


Bjarne
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Embroidery is stunning but honnestly i would
never have made it on  a purple velvet.
It dont match gold i think.



Ah, but very "imperial," isn't it?

Ann Wass
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