SOUVENIRS HISTORIQUES présumés de l'Ancien Régime

Two small boxes stretched fabrics: * one with a blue background, with a double pink silk pouch with foliage decoration and inscriptions "Puissions nous" and "les imiter" embroidered in chain stitch. Dim. cardboard: 17 x 25.8 cm. Wear, stains and some tears. * the other with pink background, presenting : - a piece of lace with a label "Morceau de Rochet, Poinct de France (1700), from the Aube de l'Abbé Magnin who brought the last help of the Religion to the Queen". - pieces of embroidery with a label "Collar and cuffs belonging to the Dauphin". - other pieces of lace or fabrics with days. Dim. cardboard: 28.5 x 38.5 cm. Wear, stains and some tears. ON JOINT : Étrennes mignonnes, curieuses et utiles [...] pour l'année 1792, Paris, Guillot, 1792. In-32, leather binding with medallion at the altar of Love and gilt garlands and friezes on the boards. Wear. Not collated. Provenance: For several generations, tradition has been passed down in the seller's family of the possible royal origin of these textile souvenirs. This provenance would be supported by the booklet (attached) of the Collection A.B. [Alvin and Beaumont] "Etude et Description d'objets ayant appartenu A Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI A la Dauphine Marie-Thérèse de France et Au Dauphin, Suivie d'une Notice sur Le Conventionnel Courtois de lettres inédités de M. L'Abbé Barthélemy et de madame La Duchesse de Choiseul", Courbevoie, Imp. F. Bernard