Georges "Bill" Pallot, one of the most prominent 18th-century furniture experts in Paris, was convicted of forging and selling royal furniture that duped experts from the château de Versailles and ...

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 ...

It has been almost a decade since the Parisian antiques dealer Bill Pallot stunned the art world by confessing to faking a series of royal chairs. According to the case, filed in 2016, 11 chairs and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Alexandria Sage PARIS November 5 (Reuters) - The "Desk of the King" took nine years of work for the cabinetmakers of Louis XV, ...

Two French antiques experts have been convicted of forging historic chairs that they claimed had once belonged to French royals such as Marie Antoinette. Georges "Bill" Pallot and Bruno Desnoues were ...

After one of the biggest forgery scandals to rock the art world in recent years, 61-year-old expert Bill Pallot along with five other people as well as a prominent gallery are in the dock in Pontoise, ...

PARIS November 5 (Reuters) - The "Desk of the King" took nine years of work for the cabinetmakers of Louis XV, its rich inlays, secret drawers and innovative design making it one of the many ...

Pontoise (France) (AFP) – A top French art expert went on trial on Tuesday accused of falsely claiming furniture he built to be from the 18th century that was then sold at high prices to buyers ...