Cabinet Card of Empress Maria Feodorovna and a Handkerchief with Her Cipher

Description:

Cabinet Card of Empress Maria Feodorovna and a Handkerchief with Her Cipher, the cabinet card sight size 5 x 3 1/8, framed with a note from Prince Cantacuzene of the Russian Imperial Legation in Washington, D.C., dated "December 7, 1894" to the reverse; the handkerchief 21 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600

Cabinet card and note not examined out of frame. Handkerchief with several small holes and areas of staining.


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