Bois Durci Medal of Napoleon Prince Imperial 11.5 Centimetres Diameter Circa 1870
Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte; 16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879), also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he moved to England with his family. He died at the age of just 23 in 1879.
This lovely medallion measures 11.5 centimetres in diameter and is made from Bois Durci.
In 1855 Francois Charles Le Page secured a French patent for a method of combining blood albumen, with wood powder to form a plastic mouldable material he called bois durci. The wood dust (either ebony or rose wood), was mixed with blood, dried and then ground to a fine powder.
He heated and stirred the mixture until it acquired the ‘correct consistency’ and then moulded it in a heated mould. The mixture was cured under heat and pressure yielding a hard, dense, glossy, moulding.
Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte; 16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879), also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he moved to England with his family. He died at the age of just 23 in 1879.
This lovely medallion measures 11.5 centimetres in diameter and is made from Bois Durci.
In 1855 Francois Charles Le Page secured a French patent for a method of combining blood albumen, with wood powder to form a plastic mouldable material he called bois durci. The wood dust (either ebony or rose wood), was mixed with blood, dried and then ground to a fine powder.
He heated and stirred the mixture until it acquired the ‘correct consistency’ and then moulded it in a heated mould. The mixture was cured under heat and pressure yielding a hard, dense, glossy, moulding.
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