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ForewordPhilippe de Montebello
PrefaceKatell le Bourhis
IntroductionCharles Otto Zieseniss
Genealogy
Chronology
One: Costume in the Age of NapoleonPhilippe Séguy
Two: Jewels of the EmpireClare Le Corbeiller
Three: Joseph Cardinal Fesch And the Liturgical Vestments of LyonPierre Arizzoli-Clémentel
Four: Silk from Lyon During the EmpireJean Coural and Chantal Gastinel-Coural
Five: Uniforms in the Napoleonic EraRaoul Brunon
Six: The Emperor's WardrobeColombe Samoyault-Verlet
Seven: American Women and French FashionMichele Majer
Source NotesGlossaryAppendix: A Selected List of Parisian Luxury Boutiques and SuppliersList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIndex
Katell le Bourhis is Associate Curator for Special Projects, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Charles Otto Zieseniss is Vice President, Le Souvenir Napoléonien, Paris.
Philippe Séguy is a historian.
Clare Le Corbeiller is Associate Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel is Curator-in-chief, Musée Historique des Tissus, Lyon.
Jean Coural is General Administrator, Mobilier National, Paris, and Manufactures des Gobelins de Beauvais et de la Savonnerie.
Chantal Gastinel-Coural is Technical Consultant Mobilier National, Paris.
Raoul Brunon is Curator in Chief, Musée de l'Empéri, Salon de Provence.
Colombe Samoyault-Verlet is Curator, Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau.
Michele Majer is Curatorial Assistant, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Date: 1783Accession Number: 50.135.2
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Date: 1790–95Accession Number: 1974.101.2
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