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The last letters from Louis the Sixteenth and Marie Antoinette. I noticed them on a wall in the oldest restaurant in Paris (Procope 1686). Certainly they are copies, nevertheless there they were. Hanging on the wall while we ate... Mari and I did not eat cake, but we did enjoy the view. Note: Last letter Marie Antoinette.

Photograph by Francis Hammond Jewelry Cabinet This jewelry armoire was designed for Marie Antoinette by the cabinet maker Jean-F...

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Historisch Louis XVI-kapsel, zoals Marie-Antoinette het droeg, haarmode . Vrouw in historische jurk met Louis XVI-kapsel. Nederland, 1922.. Uit de collectie: Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941). Vervaardigingsjaar: 1922

A London newspaper in the fall of 1793 reports the death of the Queen of France (Via Tiny-Librarian) .

Louis XVI used this wallet for his secret correspondence with Beaumarchais and used to contain papers which contents the King did not want the court to know about. The wallet is made of red Moroccan leather decorated with golden motifs. The inside is lined with green silk. It is the lock however which is quite interesting. The white and pink gold lock has six dials with different letters on it which can be turned to form the correct code: A-L-O-U-I-S.

lesliaisonsdemarieantoinette: LES LIAISONS DE MARIE ANTOINETTE | Secrétaire à cylindre du cabinet intérieur du roi Louis XV à Versailles Oeben Jean-François (1721-1763) Duplessis Jean-Claude, le Père (vers 1695-1774) Riesener Jean-Henri (1734-1806) Lepine Jean-Antoine (1720-1814) | Photo © Château de Versailles, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Christophe Fouin (via lesliasonsdemarieantoinette)

“ Kirsten Dunst on the set of Marie Antoinette (2006), directed by Sofia Coppola. ”

tiny-librarian: Marie Antoinette’s Wardrobe Book from 1782 (Click to see the rest of the pages/see them in HQ) It is described in Antonia Fraser’s biography of the Queen: The Wardrobe Book of the Queen was presented to her daily by her Mistress of the Robes together with a pincushion; Marie Antoinette would prick the book with a pin to indicate her choices. The porters attached to the Queen’s Wardrobe (this was three large rooms filled with closets, drawers, and tables) then carried in the…

Back detail from a bust of Marie Antoinette by Louis Simon Boizot, 1792. [credit: (C) Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Martine Beck-Coppola]