Objects : 132
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ObjectThe Napoleon scarf by Hermès
The famous Hermès “carré” (silk scarf), practically the Hermès symbol de rigueur, was invented in 1937 to mark the saddlery house’s hundredth year in business. Founded in 1837 by Thierry Hermès (1801-1878), it was his son, Charles-Emile, who moved the company’s offices in 1878 to 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and began to diversify their […]
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ObjectJosephine’s Punch Bowl
The word “punch” comes from the Persian word for “five”, so-called because the drink was composed of five elements: tea, sugar, rum or distilled spirit, cinnamon and lemon. The resulting mixture was put in a bowl, usually made of gold or porcelain, and served in tea-cups with special spoons. Every silver or vermeil table service would have […]
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ObjectThe Prince Imperial’s velocipede
This velocipede, which may have once belonged to Napoleon III's son, Napoleon-Eugene the Prince Imperial, was given to Alberto di Roccagiovine (son of Julie Bonaparte, who was the daughter of Charles-Lucien Bonaparte, who in turn was the son of Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon). Since the maker's stamp on the velocipede mentions the years 1869, […]
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ObjectNapoleon Bonaparte, student of the Royal Military School in Brienne, aged 15 years old
Thanks to documents proving his family's nobility, Charles Bonaparte was able to send his son Napoleon Bonaparte to one of the twelve military schools created by Louis XVI, reserved for young nobles. Between May 1779 and October, 1784, the young Napoleon attended the military school in Brienne, in the Champagne region, run by the Minimes […]
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ObjectLuxury sword given by the First Consul to General Ney
With a “German-style” hilt and an “oriental-style” blade and scabbard, thus combing two fashions that were particularly popular at the start of the Consulate, this sword is unusual but nevertheless authentic. The hilt includes a simple gilded brass guard, the interior of which bears the inscription “Le 1er Consul au general Ney” (“The 1st Consul to […]
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ObjectThe frigate "La Muiron" landing at Ajaccio with Bonaparte in October 1799
Napoleon selected twenty-eight subjects for the painted Sèvres porcelain plates of the famous Headquarters service, fifteen of which were related to directly to the Egyptian Expedition. Some of the plate scenes were reproductions of engravings in Vivant Denon's Voyage dans la haute et la basse Egypte, notably, the Miqyâs in Cairo, a view of the […]
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ObjectThe Three Graces
On 11 June, 1812, Josephine commissioned from the sculptor Canova a work representing the Three Graces. The Empress already owned several pieces of art by the artist, including a dancer, a copy of a statue of Hebe and a bust of Paris, all of which she kept in her collection at the Château de Malmaison. […]
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ObjectNapoleon’s throne
If Napoleon's personal tastes were simple and reserved – his sober and functional campaign equipment attest to this fact -, the pomp and splendour that surrounded his regime were anything but. His imperial residences and official buildings were luxuriously furnished to give an image of wealth, grandeur and majesty. The Emperor's throne, the symbol of power […]
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Object"Premier Consul" Dresscoat
On his return to France, victorious after the battle of Marengo (14 June, 1800), Bonaparte stopped over in Lyon on 28 and 29 June. Whilst there, the town council presented him with this “Premier Consul” dresscoat, made from plain, coral-red silk velvet, embroidered in silver and gold with olive-leaf motifs. The coat, in the “à […]
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ObjectPreliminary statue of Bichat
As a son of the Enlightenment, Pierre-Jean David, also known as David d'Angers, was inspired by the idea of progress and accorded as much importance in his Panthéon relief to men of science as to statesmen or artists. Medicine underwent unprecedented development during the period, and David was fascinated by Ambroise Paré, one of the […]