How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace changed history—and why 18th-century jewelry remains an eternal holy grail.
Tobias Kormind, managing director of Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds, shared his thoughts on the ...
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An antique diamond necklace worn at two British coronations, which experts believe is linked to an historic scandal involving ...
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.
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 ...
Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants were starving and didn’t have enough bread, she exclaimed “Let ...
A diamond necklace which was linked to a scandal which ruined Marie Antoinette's reputation is set to fetch £2.1million at an auction. The antique necklace, which was also worn at the coronations ...
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 $ ...
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 ...