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Show SPEIIT MUCH FOR EMBROIDERY. Napoleon I. Had Costly Coronation Robe and Throne. An old Parisian Arm which deals In embroideries and supplied artistic needlework to the court of Louis XVT. Is still In possession of the accounts of former centuries, and an inspection of these books reveals some interesting interest-ing facts. Napoleon I, was economical as compared with the Empress Joso-phlne, Joso-phlne, but his bills were considerable. The embroidery on his coronation robe cost 10.500 francs, and an embroidered em-broidered coat cost 3,500. This coat became too small for him after he had worn It a year, and he ordered pieces of cloth to be inserted at the seams and covered with embroidery. The bill for the first Napoleon's throne amounted to 53.970 francs. The outer drapery of purple velvet trimmed with gold lace cost 10.200 francs. The red velvet panels were strewn with embroidered golden bees at five francs apiece. The Inner drapery of blue satin, with gold lace, was 9,600 francs, and the gold embroidered em-broidered stripes for the Inner trimming trim-ming cost 8.500 francs. The embroidery em-broidery on the blue velvet cushion cost 3,020 francs, and the foot cushion . 1,200. In addition there were 1,050 bees embroidered on the panels of the canopy at a cost of 5,250 francs. |