Fine Antique French Portrait Miniature, Fashion & Exotic, Low Bodice, Cashmere Shawl and a Turban Hat LG Frame silver There's a shield on a

There's a shield on a chair or sleigh

Signed (front and back) by listed French artist: Ludovic Alfred de Saint-Edme (French

as is always done

Normally the exposed front does fade over many decades

Fine Antique French Portrait Miniature, Fashion & Exotic, Low Bodice, Cashmere Shawl and a Turban Hat LG Frame silver There's a shield on aI would suspect this is a lady whose sense of style was to the northern European countries taste, though her low bodice Empire gown is certainly the fashion of her era (earliest 1800s). The beautiful fabrics depicted as her wrap and her hat delight the eye, intrigue the viewer. A well accomplished artist who has not signed the work, yet has fine knowledge and treatment of anatomical study, light and drapery. She fairly inhabits the room as a 3 d