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Marie Antoinette's knitting needles are kept at the Conciergerie museum in Paris

Marie Antoinette's knitting needles in the Conciergerie museum, a former prison in the very heart of Paris. Marie Antoinette was fond of various kinds of needlework, knitting among them. It is known that, while in confinement, the Queen of France tried to carry on with her knitting in order to distract herself from her anxieties. Such a simple object, in fact, makes one reflect on how little we know of this woman once the myths surrounding her are set aside

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Marie Antoinette's knitting needles are kept at the Conciergerie museum in Paris

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

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