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Two French antiques experts have been convicted of forging historic chairs that they claimed had once belonged to French ...
"Brown furniture" is the antiques and interior decorating industry's shorthand for stately 18th and 19th century antique ...
Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France's Ancien Régime, they were ...
“It’s definitely 18 th century,” he said ... don’t necessarily translate into high value. “These days, antique furniture, especially what’s known as ‘brown’ furniture, is down ...
A French court on Wednesday sentenced a top antiques expert to jail for duping the Palace of Versailles and wealthy collectors into buying furniture he had helped build, claiming it dated from the ...
An 18th century carved oak chair has been stolen from a Buckinghamshire church. The chair is believed to have been taken some time in the three days preceding June 5. It was taken … ...
From century-old furniture pieces to trinkets with intriguing backstories, each item within the walls of Antiques on 18th has carried a piece of history, sparking conversations and connecting ...
Georges 'Bill' Pallot and Bruno Desnoues were given four months behind bars along with suspended sentences for selling fake ...
Two French antiques experts have been convicted of ... as longer suspended sentences for selling a number of fake 18th Century chairs to collectors including the Palace of Versailles and a member ...