PARIS, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Two items of furnishings previously owned by France’s Queen Marie Antoinette are set to go to public sale on November 22 in Paris.
The 250-year-old chest of drawers and chair are estimated to be value 800,000 to 1.2 million euros ($832,000-1.25 million) and 100,000 to 200,000 euros ($104,000-208,000) respectively.
“These items have at all times been necessary and thought of as such all through the centuries, so even with out their origin and royal dimension in thoughts, they had been admired and favored,” stated Christie’s France vice-president Simon de Monicault.
The chest of drawers with Chinese language-inspired designs and uncommon metallic components was made for then queen-to-be Marie Antoinette in 1770, when she first arrived in France as a 15-year-old.
[1/3] A Royal Late Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Painted-Tole Commode stamped by Pierre Macret, Cira 1790, and a Royal Louis XVI Cream-Painted Armchair stamped by Georges Jacob, Cira 1788, two items of furnishings that belonged to the Queen of France, Marie-Antoinette, are displayed earlier than their public sale at Christie’s public sale home in Paris, France, November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
“We are able to think about that she was nonetheless a quite misplaced future monarch. She would marry the soon-to-be Louis XVI that yr.”
The chair was the final royal order positioned by the then queen, earlier than she was overthrown throughout the French Revolution and later executed at age 37.
Final yr, a pair of diamond bracelets which additionally belonged to the previous Queen had been bought at public sale in Switzerland for $8.18 million, a number of instances the pre-sale estimate.
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Reporting by Antony Paone, Manuel Ausloos, Writing by Manuel Ausloos, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Modifying by William Maclean
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