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- Artist
- Napoleon-related Pieces
- Artpiece
- Pair of Gilt Bronze Eagles from the Tuileries Palace
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- Type
- Historical pieces
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- Dimensions
- Approximately 8.5 inches tall.
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A matched pair of gilded bronze eagles with outstretched wings, perched on fasces bundles atop spheres and square bases. According to the Parisian dealer who sold them, these eagles come from the railing gates of the Tuileries Palace, the grand Paris residence where Napoleon III lived during the Second Empire. The Château des Tuileries was burned and destroyed in 1871 during the violent days of the Paris Commune, and architectural elements were salvaged and dispersed into private hands in the years that followed. Each approximately 8.5 inches tall. Purchased from Galeries de Souzy, Paris, 2000.
- Price Paid
- $2,200.00
- Purchase Date
- Purchased From
- Galeries de Souzy, Paris
- Certificate of Authenticity
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