A Beige Silk and Gold-Thread Portfolio with Embroidered Monogramme.

A sumptuous example of the personal effects of the Imperial family, made of delicate silk embroidered with gold thread by the celebrated Wartski company.
The upper section is in a reserve embroidered with the cypher of the Tsarina surmounted by the gold-thread, silver-beaded and sequined Imperial crown. Maria Feodorovna (1847–1928), born Princess Dagmar of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, became Empress consort of Russia as the wife of Emperor Alexander III.