Pair of Circular Platters, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese
Martin-Guillaume Biennais
1809–1819
- Medium
- Gilded silver
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- dish (vessel)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
metalworkBorghese Serviceeuropean decorative artsengraving (incising)repoussésilverdiningnapoleonicdish (vessel)Napoleonempireinorganic materialnonferrous metalsilver giltmetalworkingvermeilNeoclassicismvessel for serving foodgildingmetal
About
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.
