Bellows Wallet By Louis Pierre Parat De Chalandray

Gusseted wallet with its key, in dark green morocco decorated with fleur-de-lys on the spandrels, marked in gold with the name of the owner "MR Parat de Chalandray. The lock and the clasp, in silver, are engraved. The clasp is decorated with the arms of the Parat de Chalandray family surmounted by the marquis' crown. The inside of the flap is lined with red morocco decorated with a gold frieze of foliage. The bellows pocket is in blue silk. Louis XVI period Usual restorations H. 35 x W. 47 cm Louis Pierre Parat de Chalandray (1746-1836) was a senior civil servant who served as Receiver General of Finances for Lorraine, Barrois and Orléanais. On February 13, 1776 he bought the castle of La Celle Saint-Cloud from Paul-François de Quelen Duke of Vaugryon (governor of the dauphin, future Louis XVI), which made him the last lord of the place as well as Bazermont, of which he would be mayor. for twenty-two years.