FRAGMENT OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S CRADLE Rectangular piece of wood mounted on a card bearing the handwritten note "Remains of Napoleon I's cradle. Restored by myself on the occasion of the bicentenary of his birth. À Ajaccio le 15 aout 1969", with "Petrocchi" signature. Also stamped on the back "Michel Petrocchi, officier-radio, 12 cours Napoléon, 12, Ajaccio". Fragment: 2.5 x 1.5 cm. Frame: 31 x 35 cm. Provenance: Paul Lucchini Collection, Ajaccio, Corsica. History: On the occasion of the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte's birth in 1969, there was an exhibition entitled "NAPOLEON AND HIS FAMILY". Mr. Olieu, owner of the Napoleon I cradle presented at this exhibition, had it restored for the occasion by his friend Mr. Michel Petrocchi. The problem was a lateral rod, in three pieces, which had been damaged by worms. Mr. Michel Petrocchi, having done so, made some rare souvenirs from the debris, such as the lot we are presenting. Exhibition: "Napoleon and his family", Palais Fesch, Ajaccio, July 9-September 30 1969. The restored cradle was presented under Number 185: "This cradle, which was used for her children, was given by Madame Mère to Rosane Po, wife of Nicolo Paravicini, first cousin and brother-in-law of Charles Bonaparte, on the occasion of the birth of their daughter Marie-Antoinette. It belonged successively to Letizia Paravicini (1800-1890), Nicolo's youngest daughter and wife of General Viscount Tiburce Sébastiani; Marie Sébastiani, their great-niece, who died in 1901, wife of Pierre-Paul Cuneo d'Ornano; Tiburce, their son, who died in 1943; Dominique, his brother, who died in 1950; Madame Philippe Olieu née Letizia Cuneo d'Ornano, his daughter. Expert: Mr Maxime CHARRON.