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Martin-Guillaume Biennais

Pair of Circular Platters

c. 1809–19
Gilt silver

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

These platters for the dining table are part of a vast service made for Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister Pauline on the occasion of her marriage to the Roman nobleman Camillo Borghese, Sixth Prince of Sulmona.

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