Napoleon III, Medium: silk Technique: predominantly warp-faced plain weave (white) with a continuous supplementary weft (black), variously bound on the front, which on the back outside the picture is bound as plain weave, Black and white jacquard woven portrait of Napoleon III. Lower half of the portrait is ornamented with sprays of oak and laurel leaves, an escutcheon and a ribbon that reads 'Napoleon III Empereur.' At the lower left and right are the woven signatures 'Carquillat Tex.' and 'Bruyas del.' Woven by Michel-Marie Carquillat (d. 1884) after a portrait by Marc-Laurent Bruyas (1821-1896)., France, 1850-1900, woven textiles, Portrait, Portrait