"Versailles: Treasures from the Palace" will also showcase personal items, including Marie Antoinette's hand-crafted chair and harp. Photo: AFPAFP · 18 Jul 2016, 12:55Published: 18 Jul 2016 12:55 GMT+02:00Riches from the Palace of Versailles including a harp belonging to Marie Antoinette will travel to Australia, the country's national gallery said Monday, as part of a display never seen outside France. More than 130 paintings, tapestries, pieces of furniture, statues and other objects from Versailles, one of France's grand museums, will be on display in the Australian capital Canberra from December. President of the Palace of Versailles, Catherine Pegard said it was the first time the items from the museum had travelled so far from France. "We thought that Canberra was a wonderful place because it is so different from Versailles but, at the same time, the power is located in Canberra as it was in Versailles," she added.

Source: The Local July 18, 2016 10:30 UTC