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Coat-jacket belonging to Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, Pee…
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Coat-jacket belonging to Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, Pee…
See original version (French)
Estimate 1 200 € - 1 500 €
Voluntary lot
Description
Coat-jacket belonging to Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, Peer of France, in black cloth, with a stand-up collar and facings in black velvet, embroidered in gold with a garland of natural-coloured lilies and a scattering of heraldic fleurs-de-lis, framed by a sequinned border. Fastened at the front with nine stamped buttons, gilded with the heraldic fleur-de-lis, on a large crowned lapel. Lined in white canvas, marked in ink on the collar ‘A de Gramont’. Condition: period restorations (scuffs, small moth holes and a few repairs)
Note:
Gramont Antoine Louis Marie de, Duke of Guiche, Prince of Bidache (1755–1836). He was a Captain in the King’s Bodyguard. He went into exile in Koblenz and was appointed Field Marshal in 1791. He served Louis XVIII, then left for England with his family. He returned to France with the Duke of Angoulême and resumed his post as Captain of the King’s Bodyguard. In 1814, he became a Peer of France and a Lieutenant-General; in 1817, he was appointed a Gentleman of the King’s Chamber, and subsequently a hereditary Duke-Peer. In 1821, at the coronation of George IV, he represented France in his capacity as Ambassador. In 1830, he retired.
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About the sale
Antique Weapons & Historical Memorabilia
Auction location
Auction time
31/10/2026 à 14h00
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