CAVALRY TROOPER'S SCHABRAQUE OF THE KING'S MILITARY HOUSE, 1814 model, Restoration period. 29330
Made of scarlet cloth, with a width of 95 cm at the top and 110 cm at the bottom, height at the front 64 cm, height at the back 76 cm, these dimensions are taken when the schabraque is folded in half. It is trimmed with a 3.3 cm wide golden braided passementerie braid. The side pieces are lined with brown leather cut in a rounded shape at the top, maximum height 17 cm, width 36.5 cm. On the front part on each side, a fleur-de-lis is embroidered in silver-gilt passementerie, threads, cannetilles, and sequins, measuring 11 cm in height x 8.2 cm in width, topped with a royal crown measuring 6 cm in height x 9.5 cm in width. At the rear, a shining thunderbolt is embroidered, approximately 16.5 cm in height, 12.7 cm in width, surmounted by two interlaced "L" in silver-gilt passementerie, 16 cm in height, 18 cm in width, themselves topped with the royal crown, 6 cm in height, 9.5 cm in width. It is fully lined with white canvas striped in sky blue.
France.
Good condition, usual oxidation and wear on the embroideries, some moth holes, a repair on the cloth at the top near the seat, seams of the braids reinforced.
Restoration period.
Reference :
29330 (22479)