A diamond-studded necklace thought to be involved in a scandal that led to the eventual downfall of the last queen of France, ...
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 ...
If you have a couple of bucks lying around and want to splash out on some gems for the festive season, here are a couple of ...
A subsequent trial found the queen blameless, yet did little to alleviate her growing notoriety for extravagance which helped fuel the French Revolution and Marie Antoinette’s beheading.
A stunning jewel which could have helped spark the French Revolution is being sold at auction – and is expected to fetch ...
A subsequent trial found the queen blameless, yet did little to alleviate her growing notoriety for extravagance which helped fuel the French Revolution and Marie Antoinette’s beheading.
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A scandal in sparkles
The piece was at the centre of a scandal in the 1780s known as the Diamond Necklace Affair in which a hard-up noblewoman ...
Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France, was alleged to have had participated in a plot to defraud the Crown's jewelers. The post Stunning jewel that helped spark French Revolution to sell for ...
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