# Pair of Platters, from a Service Made for Pauline Bonaparte and Prince Camillo Borghese

- By: Martin-Guillaume Biennais (Paris, France)
- Date: c. 1794-1819
- Medium: Gilded silver
- Classification: Metalwork
- Dimensions: Diam.: 66 cm (26 in.)
- Culture: Paris
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles V. Hickox
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/25126)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/6836ccaa-81e3-e333-da17-2377146dc896/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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These platters for the dining table are part of a vast service made for Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister Pauline on the occasion of her marriage to the Roman nobleman Camillo Borghese, Sixth Prince of Sulmona.

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