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ITEM: Napoleon's Hanger The Faussaire is the only survivor of a set of twelve coat hangers commisioned by the 14th Duke of Navarre to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Celestine, to the elderly Phillipe Cortes. Following the demise of Cortes the day before the wedding, the set was split up, and disappeared, until four were presented to Napoleon Bonaparte whilst in exile on St Helena. After Bonaparte's death, the hangers passed to his faithful retainer, Henri Le Camp, but three were destroyed when Le Camp's house caught fire. The present example survived thanks to Le Camp's heroism, rushing into the inferno to rescue the precious hangers, an attempt that was to cost him his life. |
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