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<p>[QUOTE="FriscoP60, post: 108239, member: 1545"]I'm hoping someone on here can support my claim that the liturgical items for the coronation were made by Cahier. The agacanthus leaves match the scale in Percier's sketch exactly, only in lower relief. The ribbon-like border near the bases are identical. The palmette blooms are identical. Napoleon really disliked Percier and while Percier worked for him Napoleon infamously would not speak to him, speaking only to Fontaine. If this wasn't THE coronation chalice, then at the very least it was made by Cahier based at least in part on Percier's design, and he made it for some other occasion between 1801 and 1809.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FriscoP60, post: 108239, member: 1545"]I'm hoping someone on here can support my claim that the liturgical items for the coronation were made by Cahier. The agacanthus leaves match the scale in Percier's sketch exactly, only in lower relief. The ribbon-like border near the bases are identical. The palmette blooms are identical. Napoleon really disliked Percier and while Percier worked for him Napoleon infamously would not speak to him, speaking only to Fontaine. If this wasn't THE coronation chalice, then at the very least it was made by Cahier based at least in part on Percier's design, and he made it for some other occasion between 1801 and 1809.[/QUOTE]
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