A rare guitar thought to have belonged to Marie Antoinette is expected to sell for up to $84,000
lists the late 18th-century"Trianon guitar" as a rare type of instrument in a shape known as"en bâteau," created in Paris by Jacques-Philippe Michelot around 1775.
Delicately detailed, the fruitwood body is decorated with ivory and ebony fillets, with an openwork ivory rosette depicting a pair of doves embracing on a temple of love. "This guitar exquisite both aesthetically and technically," Grégoire de Thoury, Aguttes' head of department and guitar specialist, told CNN on Tuesday.The guitar has been handed down the descendants of the Marquise de La Rochelambert-Thévalles.
The auction listing includes evidence that the queen bought musical instruments for those within her inner circle.The instrument was preserved by the marquise's descendents, from her nephew Henri down to the present day. De Thoury told CNN he hopes the sale will appeal to lovers of music, France and Marie Antoinette alike.
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