Meanwhile, in France, the golden era of furniture began in the late 17th to early 18th century. In those days ... goes back to the precolonial style of the European renaissance and is marked ...

More recently a law office, the circa 18th-century townhouse had been mired in drudgery. “Businesses take on these prestigious old buildings and chuck in a lot of furniture,” said designer ...

A connoisseur of 18th-century French furniture fooled buyers into purchasing chairs with fake royal pedigrees, authorities say. The distinct taste of licorice helped give him away. By Ephrat Livni ...