The furniture fraud that hoodwinked the Palace of Versailles

BBC A collage featuring Bill Pallot wearing round glasses and a dark three-piece suit, a picture of a forged chair that looks as if it's been taped to the collage, a picture of two forged stools that have also been taped to the collage - all imposed on a yellow background featuring a water fountain in the gardens of Versailles Palace.BBC

In the early 2010s, two ornate chairs said to have once belonged on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles appeared on the French antiques market.

Thought to be the most expensive chairs made for the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette, they were stamped with the seal of Nicolas-Quinibert…

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