Two French antiques experts have been convicted of forging historic chairs that they claimed had once belonged to French ...

In the early 2010s, two ornate chairs said to have once belonged on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles appeared on the French antiques market.Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for the ...

Bill Pallot and Bruno Desnoues have been convicted of forging historic chairs and selling them for large amounts ...

“It’s definitely 18 th century ... said that the antique furniture market peaked in the 1990s and is still recovering. In the current market, he estimated her chair would bring $275 ...

In Syria, women are now obliged to wear fully-covering burkinis to the beach. Also, there's "simmering discontent" about ...

fiercely bidding as much for the contemporary art as the 18th-century furniture, according to Tavella. While the record-setting, carved, and regilded Louis XVI chair—which was thought to have ...

He also loves 18th-century birdcage-style antiques ... in custom tiger maple by longtime New-Hampshire furniture maker D.R. Dimes, whose chairs are also displayed in several East Coast museums ...

On May 23 at 5 PM at Palazzo Barberini, National Gallery of Ancient Art, Sala Pietro da Cortona, the anticipated repertoire on Roman furniture in the 18th century (Il Mobile a Roma. II Settecento ...

Lucy Wood, a former senior curator of furniture at the V&A, has recently overseen a project to restore two chairs designed by the 18th-century architect William Kent. Made between 1738 and 1741 ...

When it came time to design the chairs, Muthiah drew inspiration from 18th-century furniture, aiming for a "very vintage" look that would stand out from a "normal chair." ...