How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace changed history—and why 18th-century jewelry remains an eternal holy grail.

A diamond-studded necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that hastened the downfall of the doomed 18th century queen of ...

Today, they're exhibited in the Gem Gallery at the National Museum of Natural History. Twenty-one gray pearls that once belonged to Marie Antoinette were put up for auction by Christie's in 2007.

Marie de L'Incarnation obeyed a call from God to convert the natives of New France. (As portrayed by Paule Baillargeon in Canada: A People's History) She was the first Mother Superior of the ...

Marie Antoinette Boullard-Devé settled in Indochina in the early 1920s where she traveled and painted, depicting the local inhabitants and their culture. In the International Colonial Exhibition of ...

The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl, a natural pearl and diamond pendant A pearl and diamond pendant that belonged to ill-fated French Queen Marie Antoinette has been sold for $ ...

Most famously known for her lavish lifestyle and disregard for her starving subjects, Marie Antoinette is one of the most vilified women in French history. Is it true that she was selfish and ...

wearing “Marie Antoinette’s famous diamond necklace, or at least two ropes of it” at a magnificent ball. “The rest, according to history, was broken up before the French Revolution but I ...

A diamond-studded necklace thought to be involved in a scandal that led to the eventual downfall of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is being sold in Geneva next week. The Georgian-era ...

Written by The Favourite’s Deborah Davis, the BBC’s Marie Antoinette promises to show us a whole new side to the doomed queen… It is, perhaps, the most famous quote ever attributed to Marie ...

Antoinette (Toni) Weber passed away peacefully ... O.D. She was predeceased by her brother Thomas Alu and her sister Marie Cortese. She is survived by her dear brother Joseph Alu and her four ...