Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764–1843)
Paris
Pair of Circular Platters, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese
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Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764–1843)
Paris1809–19
Pair of Circular Platters, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese
Martin-Guillaume Biennais (French, 1764–1843) Paris →napoleonicempireNeoclassicismdish (vessel)silver
Date
1809–19
Medium
Gilded silver
Dimensions
Diam.: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Charles V. Hickox
These platters for the dining table are part of a vast service made for Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister Pauline on the occasion of her marriage to the Roman nobleman Camillo Borghese, Sixth Prince of Sulmona.
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