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A portion of the Counterpane & bed curtain of the Queen of Lewis the 16th of France

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

December 31, 1816

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 83

Notes:

Louis XVI's queen was Marie Antoinette (1755-1793).

This artifact was offered as Lot 37 in the 1 Dec 1869 sale of the collection of Montroville Dickeson (1810-1882). Catalogue of a Valuabe Collection of Coins, Books & Curiosities, Being a Portion of the Relics of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1869), p. 2