French chairs fetched more than £1 million

These four wooden chair frames, made in 1778 for the Count of Artois, set off a bidding war in Paris BNPS; GIANNI DAGLI ORTI/REX FEATURES. Four damaged wooden chairs without backs or seats have fetched more than £1 million at auction. Their appeal is that they were made in 1778 for the younger brother of Louis XVI, the ill-fated French king. Charles Philippe, the Count of Artois who became Charles X, ordered them to furnish the bedchamber at his Château de Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne.