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SET OF CLOTHING BELONGING TO HENRI DUPUY DE LOME (1816–1885)…
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SET OF CLOTHING BELONGING TO HENRI DUPUY DE LOME (1816–1885)…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
SET OF CLOTHING BELONGING TO HENRI DUPUY DE LOME (1816–1885), MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
Member of Parliament’s attire.
Made of national blue cloth, with a collar and facings embroidered with golden oak friezes interlaced with silver laurel leaves.
Significant wear and tear and holes.
- Member of Parliament’s waistcoat in white canvas, with gold and silver buttons featuring an eagle.
Wear and tear.
Second Empire period.
Also included are a pair of trousers in poor condition, with a gold-coloured braided band decorated with laurel leaves; a National Guard officer’s shako (Second Republic) in its box, in poor condition; and a pair of National Guard officer’s epaulettes.
Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
Provenance | Henri Dupuy de Lôme, then by descent
Biography |
Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme
Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885).
He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armoured frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and Member of Parliament for Morbihan. In 1870, he succeeded in getting sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
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