BICORNE HAT AND SENATOR'S SUIT, Second Empire. 29944
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BICORNE HAT AND SENATOR'S SUIT, Second Empire. 29944
Black felt bicorn hat adorned at the front with two black silk ribbons, a tricolor passementerie cockade (diameter 7.5 cm), a gilded button (diameter 2.2 cm) featuring an imperial eagle surrounded by an oak branch and laurel branch, black velvet braid embroidered in golden threads with oak leaves and acanthus leaves (width of the braid 5.5 cm). Outer edges trimmed with white ostrich feathers. Interior lining composed of an ochre calf band topped with scarlet silk cap.
Height at the front 12 cm.
Height at the back 16 cm.
Length 48 cm.
Width 15 cm.
Black wool suit closing at the front with nine buttonholes with half-jingle brass buttons similar to the hat button. Black velvet collar embroidered with foliage framed by oak leaf rods. Suit entirely bordered with oak leaf rods. Black velvet facings, cut straight, similarly embroidered like the collar as well as the waist knot at the back of the suit. Horizontal false rear pockets in black velvet embroidered like the collar. Black satin inner lining.
France.
Second Empire.
Poor condition, accidents and tears, moth holes, missing white ostrich feathers on the bicorn, two tears with loss on the bicorn cap.
Black felt bicorn hat adorned at the front with two black silk ribbons, a tricolor passementerie cockade (diameter 7.5 cm), a gilded button (diameter 2.2 cm) featuring an imperial eagle surrounded by an oak branch and laurel branch, black velvet braid embroidered in golden threads with oak leaves and acanthus leaves (width of the braid 5.5 cm). Outer edges trimmed with white ostrich feathers. Interior lining composed of an ochre calf band topped with scarlet silk cap.
Height at the front 12 cm.
Height at the back 16 cm.
Length 48 cm.
Width 15 cm.
Black wool suit closing at the front with nine buttonholes with half-jingle brass buttons similar to the hat button. Black velvet collar embroidered with foliage framed by oak leaf rods. Suit entirely bordered with oak leaf rods. Black velvet facings, cut straight, similarly embroidered like the collar as well as the waist knot at the back of the suit. Horizontal false rear pockets in black velvet embroidered like the collar. Black satin inner lining.
France.
Second Empire.
Poor condition, accidents and tears, moth holes, missing white ostrich feathers on the bicorn, two tears with loss on the bicorn cap.
Reference :
29944
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