Marie Antoinette: Her chest of drawers and chair go under the hammer – They can fetch up to 1.4 million euros

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 250-year-old chest of drawers and chair are estimated to be worth between €800,000 and €1.2 million and €100,000 to €200,000 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 Marie Antoinette in 1770, when she 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 then queen’s last royal commission before she was overthrown during the French Revolution and subsequently executed at the age of 37.

Last year, a pair of diamond bracelets that also belonged to Marie Antoinette sold at auction in Switzerland for $8.18 million, many times the pre-sale estimate.