Ceremonial uniform designed for Napoleon’s marshals leads auction of Oudinot family collection

An elaborate ceremonial costume worn by one of Napoleon’s marshals led a dispersal of a family collection preserved by his descendants in a French château in Sarthe in Western France.

The château de Malicorne was acquired in the mid 19th century by Caroline Oudinot. She was the daugh…

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