In this year of the bicentenary of Napoleon's death, objects flock to the market, their owners hoping to sell them at a high price on the anniversary date of May 5, 1821. The house of Osenat, specialist in the Empire in Fontainebleau, could not miss the opportunity to make a dispersion that day.
Among the flagship pieces - Napoleon's feather at Saint Helena, handkerchiefs, socks, shirts, so-called “autopsy” strips with traces of blood (Duke of Bassano collection) - she has just announced the discovery of a majestic sleigh that would have belonged to Josephine.
If it is indeed that of the Empress, it is already dreaming ...
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As it is written in the books, Joséphine undertakes slides on the frozen lakes of Saint-Cucufa, near Malmaison, then, after her divorce, on those adjoining her small castle in Navarre, a gift from her ex-husband as a compensation.
During the early winter of 1810, the water features were transformed into skating rinks.
The experience of a race
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