Royal towel emerges at Versailles auction

This damask towel measuring 3ft 5in x 2ft 5in (1m x 75cm) and decorated with wreaths of fleur de lys and a central bouquet of roses will feature in Osenat’s La Royauté à Versailles auction, to be held in Versailles on April 5.

The towel comes with a note written in ink translating as: “this was a towel used by Marie Antoine…

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