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

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

From rare 18th-century furnishings and objects to art by ... as he was the last reigning monarch before the French Revolution. Created during a time when the luxurious fashions of Versailles ...

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PARIS: A French court on Wednesday sentenced a top antiques expert to jail for duping the Palace of Versailles ...

On the one hand, Bruno Desnoues, 69, an expert cabinetmaker, and Bill Pallot, 61, an undisputed specialist in 18 th-century French chairs and author of the reference book on the subject.

The archivist gave him permission to open the letters, all addressed to 18th-century French sailors from their loved ones and seized by Great Britain's Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1756 ...

Georges 'Bill' Pallot and Bruno Desnoues were given four months behind bars along with suspended sentences for selling fake ...

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 ...

Two French antiques experts have been convicted of forging historic chairs that they claimed had once belonged to French royals such as Marie Antoinette. Georges "Bill" Pallot and Bruno Desnoues ...