Antique Old Paris Portrait Plate, Duchesse de Chateauroux (1717-1744), Louis XV Old Paris near the hinge

near the hinge

The set is one we imported from Paris years ago

But these fragments make up into the most gorgeous throw pillows

Couldn't pass it up

and the interior is beautifully lined in claret or burgundy wine colored silk

Antique Old Paris Portrait Plate, Duchesse de Chateauroux (1717-1744), Louis XV Old Paris near the hingeLikely unsigned Sevres plate, we'll call it "Old Paris". Plate is excellent and is 8. 75" in diameter. Courtesans and Favorites of the Court of Louis XV Portrait of Marie Anne de Mailly Nesle, Duchesse de Chateauroux (Born: October 5, 1717, Paris, France Died: December 8, 1744, Paris, France) She was the youngest of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. This painting was probably painted