Lot n° 204
Estimation :
150 - 250
EUR
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Result
: 120EUR
Manufactured by François LEPAGE (1796-1871), Second Empire - Lot 204
Manufactured by François LEPAGE (1796-1871), Second Empire
MEDAL PORTRAIT of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie in hardened wood.
D. 11.5 cm
The Hardened Wood factory was patented in Paris in 1856 by François Lepage.
The process consists of mixing very fine sawdust, generally ebony or rosewood, with albumen and compressing the whole in a steel mold under heat and pressure.
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