Show THE PRICE OF A THRONE One of ot tho the oldest Paris Fans firms for gold old and silk embroideries a tL house honsl which had already Louis X XVI and his court with highly artistic n needlework Is hi still In pose possession slon of oC Its accounts of former cen con turks An In Inspection of oC these books re reveals reveals re- re a good summary of or tho the luxury expenditures ex expenditures ox- ox of oC the French h court court the tho as well as tho the Napoleon I I. I who for his own wants was waR In contrast to tho the spendthrift Josephine vo very er economical went vent though to largo large expenses when It was for representative e gala dresses The Tho francs which he had to pay for the tho embroidery on his hiM coronation robe ho he did not too high a a. price But hi hii embroidered frock coat COlt that had co cost t him francs franc and which became too tight for him not long 1011 after Its first year ho he ordered to bo be widened b by pieces of ot cloth and the new seams to bo be covered ered with embroideries The bill for his I 1 foots loots up to a pretty considerable amount The outer drapery of or purple velvet trimmed with gold sold lace was at francs The red velvet elvet panels were were- strewn with In- In worked golden bees at 5 G francs franca apiece and above tho the the emperors emperor's coat of ot arms was seen in raised rals embroidery total cost 16 00 francs The inner drapery drapery dra dra- pery consisted consist cd of ot blue satin with gold goldace lace ace of ot francs Gold embroidered stripes for tho the Inner trimming cost francs Embroidery on the blue velvet amounted to francs the thc foot toot cushion to 1200 In ln addition there were 1050 bees on th the tho l panels of ot the at nt the tho price of oC francs Altogether tho the price of ot Napoleons Napoleon's throne I was francs Harpers Harper's Harpers Harper's Weekly |