Pictured above is the marble lace neckerchief carved by French sculptor Louis-Philippe Mouchy (1734 - 1801), who masterfully created the marble statue in 1781.
The statue was commissioned as a posthumous tribute to the Duke of Montausier, Charles de Sainte-Maure. The nobleman was one of the guardians of the Great Dauphin of France, Louis, son and heir of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
