"Embroidery Made By Queen Hortense De Beauharnais (1783-1837)"
Embroidery in silk fabric made by Queen Hortense (1783-1837), daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais and Napoleon 1st; On the reverse the inscriptions "given to the Duchess of Gaeta" in 1814; nobility of the First Empire; In 1806, Gaeta was established as a grand duchy of the French Empire. Dimensions: 26x24cm