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An ivory mounted folding triptych
of rectangular section, the plain exterior opening to reveal a central painted panel depicting Mary Louise, Empress of France, seated on a daybed admiring the sleeping infant Napoleon (II), signed A.E.CHALLON, the side panels with oval portraits of Mary Louise & Napoleon I, scroll-engraved and rope-twist carved borders inset with mother-of-pearl, damages -- 16.1/8in. (41cm.) high
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of rectangular section, the plain exterior opening to reveal a central painted panel depicting Mary Louise, Empress of France, seated on a daybed admiring the sleeping infant Napoleon (II), signed A.E.CHALLON, the side panels with oval portraits of Mary Louise & Napoleon I, scroll-engraved and rope-twist carved borders inset with mother-of-pearl, damages -- 16.1/8in. (41cm.) high
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