A smart dressing gown for Napoleon
August 3, 2018 - The Chairman in News & Blog Posts
This fine cloak of Napoleon’s has recently been in the news. It was picked for a special exhibition in Buckingham Palace over the summer. This exh
ibition marks the Prince of Wales’s 70th Birthday. More details can be found on https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/prince-patron/buckingham-palace
The cloak is a magnificent Egyptian-style cloak and was worn by Napoleon the night before the Battle of Waterloo. The cloak with hood, made of red felt, lined with golden silk brocade and embroidered with silver thread and tassels, may have been made in France but was copied from a North African Berber burnous. It was looted by the Prussians from one of Napoleon’s abandoned carriages when he was fleeing in defeat after the Battle of Waterloo. To read more and see in exquisite detail go to: http://ageofrevolution.org/200-object/napoleons-burnous/
Quite handy as a dressing gown.
