Presque deux siècles après sa mort, di Buonaparte, Napoléon Ier, est toujours autant adulé au delà de ses nombreuses gloires et défaites. Éternelle est son aura depuis sa tombe des Invalides, jusque dans ses portraits par Ingres. Aussi grandes ou ridicules que fussent ses accomplissements, Bonaparte a longtemps porté le surnom de "petit caporal". Ironiquement, ce trône (dessiné par Percier et Fontaine et réalisé par Jacob-Desmalter en 1804 pour le Palais des Tuileries) a l'assise plutôt basse. Qu'importe les moqueries, son plus pur style Empire et ses judicieuses inspirations antiques rendent ce fauteuil tout simplement majestueux. Résultat tout aussi grandiloquent en perspective mercredi...
Almost two centuries after his death, beyond his numerous glories and defeats, from the Invalides to portraits by Ingres, Napoleon Bonaparte is still very popular in France. Even his achievements were important or ridiculous, Bonaparte has been called "the small corporal" for several years. Ironically, his throne (created in 1804 for the Tuileries palace, on auction tomorrow at Drouot, Paris) had a low base. But never mind this joke, the pure Empire style of this throne and its antique inspirations make this armchair majestic.
Almost two centuries after his death, beyond his numerous glories and defeats, from the Invalides to portraits by Ingres, Napoleon Bonaparte is still very popular in France. Even his achievements were important or ridiculous, Bonaparte has been called "the small corporal" for several years. Ironically, his throne (created in 1804 for the Tuileries palace, on auction tomorrow at Drouot, Paris) had a low base. But never mind this joke, the pure Empire style of this throne and its antique inspirations make this armchair majestic.
