France is set to auction off parts of its large collection of antique furniture in support of hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic.
The auction will take place on the weekend of France’s heritage days, from Sept. 20 to 21. All proceeds will go towards the Foundation for Paris Hospitals and French Hospitals, French publication Le Figaro says.
Around 100 antique pieces dating from the 19th century are to be sold to “contribute to the national effort to support local hospitals,” the Telegraph reports.
Some of the pieces are reportedly from the time of Louis-Philippe I‘s reign between 1830 and 1848. Hervé Lemoine, director of France’s Ministry of Culture agency Mobilier National, told Le Figaro that curators were drawing up a list of items