Ah, but the purple velvet is not original to the embroidery. If you read
the "lot notes" at the very end of the page, it says that Napoleon's
robes as described at the time of his coronation differed in detail from
the one presented here, and also that the embroidery here has been
re-applied to purple velvet of a later period.
Dawn
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
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!
In a message dated 10/18/2005 3:08:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Embroidery is stunning but honnestly i would
never have made it on a purple velvet.
It dont match gold i think.
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