The 250-year-old chest of drawers and chair are estimated to be worth between €800,000 and €1.2 million, and between €100,000 and €200,000 respectively.
Two pieces of furniture that belonged to the Queen of France Marie Antoinette they are set to be auctioned on November 22nd in Paris.
The chest of drawers and chair, aged 250 years, are estimated to be worth from 800,000 to 1.2 million euros, and from 100,000 to 200,000 euros respectively.
“These pieces of furniture have always been important and regarded as such throughout the centuries, so even without their provenance and royal dimension, they were admired and loved,” said Christie’s vice president of France, Simon de Monicot. .
The chest of drawers, with Chinese-inspired designs and rare metal parts, was made for the then-queen-to-be Marie Antoinette in 1770, when he first arrived in France at the age of 15.
“We can imagine she was still a rather lost future monarch. She would marry the future King Louis XVI that year.”
The chair was the last royal order of the then queen, before being overthrown during the French Revolution and subsequently executed, aged 37.
Last year, a pair of diamond bracelets that also belonged to Marie Antoinette were sold at auction in Switzerland for 8.18 million dollarsvalue many times the pre-sale estimate.
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