A napkin of fine linen damask, with a central crest woven with an eagle and surrounded by bees, the field worked variously with crowned and uncrowned eagles, laurel wreaths within which are Ns beneath a crown, and delicate floral decoration--42 x 35in. (106 x 88cm.)

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A napkin of fine linen damask, with a central crest woven with an eagle and surrounded by bees, the field worked variously with crowned and uncrowned eagles, laurel wreaths within which are Ns beneath a crown, and delicate floral decoration--42 x 35in. (106 x 88cm.)
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Said to have belonged to Napoleon I

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