Lydia Courteille releases new collection, inspired by Marie Antoinette
On October 15, 1793, after a rushed trail, Marie Antoinette was sentenced to death on the grounds of high treason. The very next day, at 12 :15 precisely she was guillotined . Faithful to her visceral, decadent and provocative style, Lydia Courteille preserves the Queens severed head in a golden cage as part of a pendant within the collection. The brand Lydia Courteille was created in 1987. It was first entirely devoted to antique jewellery and only after some years and some 7000 pieces of jewellery collected and sold, Lydia Courteille decided to create her own jewellery pieces. Since 1998