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

It was June 11, 1775, and Louis XVI was crowned king of France in the city of Rheims. Married to Marie Antoinette, a strong woman with a passion for all things fashionable and self-indulgent, Louis… ...

Standing where a statue of King Louis XVI once was, Chris Reitz said the piece is why he's stepping down as the city's Commission on Public Art (COPA) chair. He believes King Louis' statue ...

Christie’s has announced an extremely rare lot up for auction on July 9 in London: a Louis XVI gilt-wood fauteuil en bergère that was designed for Marie Antoinette estimated at $459,000 to ...

Philippe Starck’s Louis Ghost is an inexpensive, stackable, plastic chair. In its arched back and wide legs there is a humorous nod to a Louis XVI armchair.

These are the classic chairs that have stood the test of time, from the Tulip chair, Wishbone Chair, Ming Chair, Elbow Chair, Cesca Chair, Barcelona Chair, Takashi Chair, Louis XIV XV XVI Chair ...

Georges Jacob, 'Louis XVI Etruscan Royal Armchair' (ca. 1780s). All photos courtesy of Christie's. Vittoria Benzine November 18, 2022 Share Share This Article.

According to the case, filed in 2016, 11 chairs and armchairs, presented as commissioned by relatives of Louis XV and Louis XVI, were sold for a total of €3.7m through Parisian galleries and ...

A remarkable number of items of 18th Century royal furniture have appeared on the antiques market in the past few years. Other items included another set of chairs purported to have sat in one of ...