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A young lady, in off-the-shoulder white striped white silk dress with tasselled sleeves, large drop pearl pendants pinned at corsage, large pearl necklace with drop pearls, her dark hair centre-parted and dressed in ringlets
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FRANÇOIS MEURET (FRENCH, 1800-1887)
A young lady, in off-the-shoulder white striped white silk dress with tasselled sleeves, large drop pearl pendants pinned at corsage, large pearl necklace with drop pearls, her dark hair centre-parted and dressed in ringlets
signed 'Meuret.' (mid-right)
oval, 4 3/16 in. (105 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame by Alphonse Giroux with ribbon and tie surmount
A young lady, in off-the-shoulder white striped white silk dress with tasselled sleeves, large drop pearl pendants pinned at corsage, large pearl necklace with drop pearls, her dark hair centre-parted and dressed in ringlets
signed 'Meuret.' (mid-right)
oval, 4 3/16 in. (105 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame by Alphonse Giroux with ribbon and tie surmount
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Sale room notice
According to family tradition this miniature depicts Marie Charlotte de Ségur, later Marquise de Bonneval (1810-1883), daughter of Philippe, Comte de Ségur and his wife, Antoinette, who is depicted on lots 314 and 355.