BY VAN SANTEN & ZOONS, ZEIST, 1914/1928

Details

A DUTCH SILVER THREAD EMBROIDERED SERVANT'S LIVERY FROM KASTEEL AMERONGEN
BY VAN SANTEN & ZOONS, ZEIST, 1914/1928
Comprising: a waistcoat, tails and velvet breeches, applied with silver-plated brass buttons

Special notice

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Please note that the estimate should read EUR 1.500 - 2.500 and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

Lot Essay

The servants of Kasteel Amerongen wore this livery at the arrival of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in November 1918. After the Great War Wilhelm II fled Germany and went into exile in the Netherlands, which had remained neutral throughout the war. The erstwhile Kaiser first settled in Amerongen and lived at Kasteel Amerongen for one year.

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