A French, probably Palais-Royal, folding mother-o-pearl measure. Seven lengths, hinged, engraved with divisions according to the French system of pied du Roi, (the King's foot), and thereby probably dating from the ancien régime, prior to the imposition of the metric system that followed the French Revolution of 1795.
Open length 23.75 inches
Item Code: 5385
£ 340
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