200 years after Napoleon's death, the Osenat house is dedicating an auction to him with certain particularly rare pieces: a shirt that belonged to the Emperor, a letter, a plate in which he ate, a strip used during the autopsy of his body, but also a sleigh, owned by Joséphine… "The enthusiasm for Napoleon has never wavered," explains Jean-Christophe Chataignie, partner and director of the "Empire & Historical Souvenirs" department. These objects will be on sale Wednesday May 5 and Thursday May 6, 200 years to the day after the death of Napoleon (May 5, 1821).
VIDEO. Auction: "So here is Napoleon's shirt"
2021-05-03T19:51:01.235Z
For the bicentenary of his death, 366 objects that belonged to the Emperor, including a shirt worn at Waterloo and an extremely rare plate estimated