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The shoe that Marie Antoinette lost when she tripped going up the steps to the guillotine on the morning of her execution, 16 October 1793. In the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France.

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The shoe that Marie Antoinette lost when she tripped going up the steps to the guillotine on the morning of her execution, 16 October 1793. In the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France.

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Marie Antoinette's final note, written at 4.30am on the morning of her execution, 16th October 1793

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Marie Antoinette's final note, written at 4.30am on the morning of her execution, 16th October 1793

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The guillotine blade that killed Marie Antoinette on October 16, 1793

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The guillotine blade that killed Marie Antoinette on October 16, 1793

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Shoe believed to have belonged to Marie Antoinette on the day of her execution in 1793

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Shoe believed to have belonged to Marie Antoinette on the day of her execution in 1793

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Impression of Marie Antoinette's head taken immediately after she had been guillotined, October 16, 1793

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Impression of Marie Antoinette's head taken immediately after she had been guillotined, October 16, 1793

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Marie Antoinette was executed on this day in 1793. A single shoe that was reputed to have belonged to the queen fetched a whopping £38,000 at auction in 2020. The silk and kidskin shoe is inscribed “Soulier de Marie-Antoinette donné à M. de Voisey”.

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Marie Antoinette was executed on this day in 1793. A single shoe that was reputed to have belonged to the queen fetched a whopping £38,000 at auction in 2020. The silk and kidskin shoe is inscribed “Soulier de Marie-Antoinette donné à M. de Voisey”.

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A pair of original, unaltered diamond bracelets purchased by Marie Antoinette for 250,000 livres in 1776. The queen's daughter, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, wears what appear to be her mother's diamond bracelets in this 1816 portrait by Antoine-Jean Gros

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A pair of original, unaltered diamond bracelets purchased by Marie Antoinette for 250,000 livres in 1776. The queen's daughter, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, wears what appear to be her mother's diamond bracelets in this 1816 portrait by Antoine-Jean Gros

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Marie Antoinette's famed "Pink Diamond" that was hidden by the queen's hairdresser during the French Revolution before being passed to Antoinette's only surviving child, Marie-Thérèse. The 10.38-cart gemstone is now going to auction, where it's expected to fetch up to $5 million.

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Marie Antoinette's famed "Pink Diamond" that was hidden by the queen's hairdresser during the French Revolution before being passed to Antoinette's only surviving child, Marie-Thérèse. The 10.38-cart gemstone is now going to auction, where it's expected to fetch up to $5 million.

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Evening gown designed by L.P. Hollander & Co. in New York between 1916 and 1917. Part of the collection at the Goldstein Museum of Design.

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Evening gown designed by L.P. Hollander & Co. in New York between 1916 and 1917. Part of the collection at the Goldstein Museum of Design.

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Roman Bronze statuette of a captive Gaul awaiting his death sentence, last quarter of 1st century BC, found during excavations in the Rhone River, Musée de l'Arles antique, Arles, France.

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Roman Bronze statuette of a captive Gaul awaiting his death sentence, last quarter of 1st century BC, found during excavations in the Rhone River, Musée de l'Arles antique, Arles, France.

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Thought to be Bronze statuette of the Celtic goddess of Ardennes Forest Arduinna riding a wild boar. Musée des antiquités nationales in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

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Thought to be Bronze statuette of the Celtic goddess of Ardennes Forest Arduinna riding a wild boar. Musée des antiquités nationales in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

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A portrait of a young girl with a Titus cut, made by the French painter Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in 1794 CE. The Titus cut, a female haircut that became popular during the French Revolution, was inspired by the way executioners would cut the hair of people going to the guillotine

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A portrait of a young girl with a Titus cut, made by the French painter Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in 1794 CE. The Titus cut, a female haircut that became popular during the French Revolution, was inspired by the way executioners would cut the hair of people going to the guillotine

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A 2nd century CE Roman bronze statue of Caius Julius Pacatianus found in Vienne, France, in 1874. Now housed at the Musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie de Vienne

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A 2nd century CE Roman bronze statue of Caius Julius Pacatianus found in Vienne, France, in 1874. Now housed at the Musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie de Vienne

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A rather eclectic collection of medieval manuscripts from the 12th to 15th Centuries, recently acquired, all produced in France. There are charters, letters, and several bound records. The oldest piece is an inventory notice dated May 1241, for one Pierre de Castela

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A rather eclectic collection of medieval manuscripts from the 12th to 15th Centuries, recently acquired, all produced in France. There are charters, letters, and several bound records. The oldest piece is an inventory notice dated May 1241, for one Pierre de Castela

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Pierre Jaquet-Droz 'Bird Cage Clock', a gift from Queen Marie Antoinette of France to her sister, Queen Maria Carolina of Austria .

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Pierre Jaquet-Droz 'Bird Cage Clock', a gift from Queen Marie Antoinette of France to her sister, Queen Maria Carolina of Austria .

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Some of the collection of gold ornaments and vessels, made during the Ming Dynasty , and now housed at the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi'an, China

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Some of the collection of gold ornaments and vessels, made during the Ming Dynasty , and now housed at the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi'an, China

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A large 2nd century CE Roman mosaic that adorned a reception room, called "Mosaic of the punishment of Lycurgus". From Sainte-Colombe in France, now housed at the musée gallo-romain de Saint-Romain-en-Gal

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A large 2nd century CE Roman mosaic that adorned a reception room, called "Mosaic of the punishment of Lycurgus". From Sainte-Colombe in France, now housed at the musée gallo-romain de Saint-Romain-en-Gal

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1936 Dobro No. 1 Hawaiian Electric Lap Steel Guitar and its matching companion amplifier. Part of the permanent musical instrument collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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1936 Dobro No. 1 Hawaiian Electric Lap Steel Guitar and its matching companion amplifier. Part of the permanent musical instrument collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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