Other cases that have emerged from the murky world of antiques dealings in France in the past decade include that of the late ...

Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France's Ancien Régime, they were ...

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There's no nails," said Joanna T. Moyar, collections manager. The wooden chair, made in the late 18th century, is connected to Fort Walthour in North Huntingdon near Irwin. A historical marker ...

Together, they allegedly made chairs which they said had decorated ... all the greatest French experts on 18th-century furniture.” ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Autumn Fine Sale at Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, on November 16, is set to include a fine offering of furniture ... Armchair dating from the mid-18th century (estimate: £3,000-4,000 ...