Publication: Llandudno, Wartski, ca. 1910. A sumptuous example of the personal effects of the Imperial family, made of d...

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Publication: Llandudno, Wartski, ca. 1910. A sumptuous example of the personal effects of the Imperial family, made of delicate silk embroidered with gold thread by the celebrated Wartski company. The upper section is in a reserve embroidered with the cypher of the Tsarina surmounted by the gold-thread, silver-beaded and sequined Imperial crown. Maria Feodorovna (1847 – 1928), born Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, she became Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Emperor Alexander III. Description and Bibliographical references: Silk portfolio (35 x 43 cm). Embroidered with gold thread, adorned with the monogram of the Empress; light wear.