A LOUIS XVI SILVER AND GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERED AND SILVER-GILT MOUNTED RED-LEATHER FOLDER

DATED 1775

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A LOUIS XVI SILVER AND GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERED AND SILVER-GILT MOUNTED RED-LEATHER FOLDER
DATED 1775
The folder with a cartouche containing a coat-of-arms and on the reverse with scrolling flroal embroidery, the gold clasp opening to an interior flap embroidered with 'Constantinople/1775'
11½ in. (29 cm.) high, 16 in. (41 cm.) wide

Provenance

François Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest.

Lot Essay

The family of François Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest (1735-1821), originated from Alsace, but had long been settled in the Dauphiné at Saint-Priest. The son of the Intendant of Languedoc, he first served in the military before joining the diplomatic service where he was appointed ambassador to Lisbon, Constantinople and The Hague. In 1790 Guignard was named Interior Minister but was forced to resign and emigrate. During the Revolution Guignard emigrated first to Sweden where he joined his brother-in-law the comte de Ludolph, then to Verona and finally to Mittau, in Switzerland. He returned to France in 1814 where he and his son, Armand-Emmanuel-Charles Guignard (1782-1863), were both active in politics.

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