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Myers & Monroe
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This channel preserves digital traces of these artifacts and makes them available to everyone. The videos also shed light on the subject of so called "antiques" by focusing on original period pieces from the traditional timeline of about 1500-1840. Whether you've come out of curiosity, as a furniture maker, for study, or to further inform your own collecting, I hope these pieces will be memorable for you. If you are interested in purchasing a piece, please inquire via the contact form on the gallery’s website.
*Pour les Français, bienvenu à une chaîne pour les passionnés du mobilier d'époque...et pour ceux qui ne le sont pas encore! Veuillez nous excuser des vidéos sans sous-titres.
"No violence, gentlemen - no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!"
- Count Sylvius to Sherlock Holmes
Many thanks to all viewers and subscribers, to Julia Bredin and David Lee, and happy hunting!
Cole Campbell Myers
Myers and Monroe, LLC
*Pour les Français, bienvenu à une chaîne pour les passionnés du mobilier d'époque...et pour ceux qui ne le sont pas encore! Veuillez nous excuser des vidéos sans sous-titres.
"No violence, gentlemen - no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!"
- Count Sylvius to Sherlock Holmes
Many thanks to all viewers and subscribers, to Julia Bredin and David Lee, and happy hunting!
Cole Campbell Myers
Myers and Monroe, LLC
King's Mistress' Château: Pavillon de Musique de la Comtesse du Barry à Louveciennes!
Jeanne du Barry is one of the most exciting and infamous women in the History of France's old Regime. This stunning property nearby Paris was gifted to her by King Louis XV. It is currently available through the Denniel Brother's agency, Antiquaires en Immeubles, and it is thanks to them that this visit was possible. The original furniture from this place was inventoried by the Revolutionary commission and deemed too important to sell (by virtue of its quality it was considered national treasure). These works of decorative art are now dispersed throughout major national Museums.
This place was also the site of one of the larges jewel burglaries of the day. The discovery of such hidden jewels is also what led to Jeanne's execution in 1793. I hope you enjoy this short tour and brief story of this interesting figure's home and life.
Many thanks to all viewers and subscribers,
Cole
Myers & Monroe, LLC
This place was also the site of one of the larges jewel burglaries of the day. The discovery of such hidden jewels is also what led to Jeanne's execution in 1793. I hope you enjoy this short tour and brief story of this interesting figure's home and life.
Many thanks to all viewers and subscribers,
Cole
Myers & Monroe, LLC
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Art Quality Antiques: 18th century French Buffet à Deux Corps (period furniture education)
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A mid-18th century publication quality port piece (in solid mahogany which would arrive to Europe via the ports). This presentation cabinet for fine plates and silver, a type of four doored armoire built in two tiers is often called a two-tiered buffet or buffet à deux corps. This particular piece, by virtue of its excellent design and execution, was published as a benchmark in the key text on ...
Louis Philippe French Antique Rosewood Armchairs circa 1835 (period furniture education)
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This set of four rosewood armchairs is exemplary of fine domestic furniture circa 1835. These allow one to better understand furniture or decorative art which stylistically transitions between the Charles X period of the 1820s and the Louis Philippe period of the 1830s. The armchairs also conserve their original fabric which helps us to date them more precisely. Two side chairs also belong to t...
Circa 1700 museum quality Secretary: Mahogany Port Furniture (Flanders?)
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Port furniture designates a special genre of artistic furniture made in ports during the 17th to the early 19th centuries. This genre is famous for being in solid exotic hardwoods which were available in relative abundance in port cities. Port furniture is also prized for the merit of its design and execution. The makers and the patrons in these bustling centers of trade had access to new ideas...
Top Secret Compartments: Circa 1820 Secretary Desk (Restoration Period or Louis XVIII Furniture)
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Welcome back to another video, featuring a publication quality work of decorative art from the time of King Louis XVIII (1815-24). The style of this time is generally referred to as "restoration" for the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy in post-Napoleonic France. The term Louis XVIII is used rarely to specify pieces such as this from the early years of this period when fundamentally empire p...
French Empire Period Furniture ("Antiques" vs. Decorative Art), Jacob-Desmalter Bed circa 1825-30!
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The Empire style is one of the most memorable in Furniture history, certainly one of the boldest and most impressive, known for its stark neoclassicism. This rare mahogany "lit bateau" or boat bed, exemplifies late empire work (the evolution of the style after the fall of Napoleon into something more curvilinear and tropical). Pieces such as this reveal how furniture styles, this one like the R...
Unique Guillotine Secretary or Mechanical Desk (early 19th century French Antique)!
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Welcome back for an unusual and brief video at a client project with one of the most dynamic pieces to have come through the gallery. A spectacular and novel “guillotine” desk with interior architect, Victor Bonnivard. The Charles X troubadour style is one of the rarest and most romantic moments in the French decorative arts (~1827-1835). This unique example is one of the most surprising and la...
Pierre Antoine Bellangé: Museum Quality French Antique (Mahogany "Lit à l'Antique")!
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Pierre-Antoine Bellangé (1757-1827) is one of the most celebrated French master furniture makers and names in the early 19th century Decorative Arts. This video presents a previously "undiscovered" and undocumented special work by the maker, an unusual bed "in the manner of antiquity." The style is "empire," reminding us of even the Consulate period at the end of the 18th century. The handful o...
Inside the Artois Pavilion: French Château Tour thanks to new owner, Pierre!
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Le pavilion d’Artois in Vaux-sur-Seine is situated one hour from Paris. It was once the home of celebrated portraitist, Hyacinthe Rigaud, official painter of king Louis XIV. The name Artois comes from Louis XVI’s younger brother, the count of Artois, using this place as a hunting lodge (for parties after the hunts). Please enjoy this little detour from normal period Furniture or fine antique vi...
French Empire Mahogany Furniture: Museum Quality Antique by Jacob-Desmalter!
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French Empire Mahogany Furniture: Museum Quality Antique by Jacob-Desmalter!
Museum Quality French Period Antique circa 1835 in Rosewood & Gilded Bronze -Decorative Art Tutorial
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Museum Quality French Period Antique circa 1835 in Rosewood & Gilded Bronze -Decorative Art Tutorial
Learning About “Antiques;” early 19th century museum quality furniture / cheval mirror!
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Learning About “Antiques;” early 19th century museum quality furniture / cheval mirror!
Château Tour: French home of Marjorie Merriweather Post, King Charles X Hunting Lodge!
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Château Tour: French home of Marjorie Merriweather Post, King Charles X Hunting Lodge!
English Regency Style: George IV period Tilt-Top Maple Table. 19th century English Antique Furniture
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English Regency Style: George IV period Tilt-Top Maple Table. 19th century English Antique Furniture
Monkey Castle: meet the owner of Château de Cahaignes, Taïg Khris, and his passion project!
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Monkey Castle: meet the owner of Château de Cahaignes, Taïg Khris, and his passion project!
Antiques Education: Jacob-Desmalter Chairs & French 19th century Decorative Art (what to collect?)
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Antiques Education: Jacob-Desmalter Chairs & French 19th century Decorative Art (what to collect?)
1834 (pre) World’s Fair Mechanical Desk: museum quality decorative art or “French Antique!”
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1834 (pre) World’s Fair Mechanical Desk: museum quality decorative art or “French Antique!”
Abandoned Château Exploration! Pre-restoration 17th century Mansion with Antiquaires en Immeubles!
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Abandoned Château Exploration! Pre-restoration 17th century Mansion with Antiquaires en Immeubles!
President James Monroe’s Secretary Desk: French Antiques, late 18th century!
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President James Monroe’s Secretary Desk: French Antiques, late 18th century!
Somewhat 16th century Antique: Furniture History and the “Cupboard!”
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Somewhat 16th century Antique: Furniture History and the “Cupboard!”
Napoleonic Empire Period Swans: Pierre-Antoine Bellangé Master Furniture Maker to the White House!
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Napoleonic Empire Period Swans: Pierre-Antoine Bellangé Master Furniture Maker to the White House!
Pre-Restoration French Secretary Desk; Fine 19th century Mahogany Period Furniture!
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Pre-Restoration French Secretary Desk; Fine 19th century Mahogany Period Furniture!
Exquisitely sculpted, circa 1820, iconic Mahogany French chairs. 19th century period art furniture!
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Exquisitely sculpted, circa 1820, iconic Mahogany French chairs. 19th century period art furniture!
17th century Period Furniture; Publication Quality French Armoire from the Port of Nantes!
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17th century Period Furniture; Publication Quality French Armoire from the Port of Nantes!
Empire Period Officer’s Mirror: Circa 1800 French “Antique” Cheval Glass (Château Period Furniture)!
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Empire Period Officer’s Mirror: Circa 1800 French “Antique” Cheval Glass (Château Period Furniture)!
1832 exceptional French Antique inlaid Daybed (Publication Quality Period Furniture).
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1832 exceptional French Antique inlaid Daybed (Publication Quality Period Furniture).
Collecting French “Antiques;” Iconic early 19th century Mahogany Center Tables! (Period Furniture)
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Collecting French “Antiques;” Iconic early 19th century Mahogany Center Tables! (Period Furniture)
French Château Finds: 18th century oak armoires! (Fine Provincial Antiques/Norman Furniture)
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French Château Finds: 18th century oak armoires! (Fine Provincial Antiques/Norman Furniture)
18th Century Mahogany Masterpiece: French Antique Armoire (Dunkirk Port Period Furniture)!
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18th Century Mahogany Masterpiece: French Antique Armoire (Dunkirk Port Period Furniture)!
Master Woodworking & Mercury Mirrors: 19th Century French Antiques, Charles X Period Furniture!
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Master Woodworking & Mercury Mirrors: 19th Century French Antiques, Charles X Period Furniture!
Top not griffins.. look more like dogs.
Just one Minus-very more,more speak.
Thank You
Please return it to Natchez MS where it undoubtedly came from.
You have a gift for this. Nice work
nice
I miss these Vids 😢haven’t been many lately ❤!
Another wonderful piece, thank for sharing!
Nice to see someone with money and class. Rather than buy some new build he is restoring a chateau. 👍
An amazing piece. However, what most captured my imagination in this video is your mention of the gothic as an anticlassical style. I see just what you mean, and don't mean at all to imply you're "incorrect", only that another interpretation of the form immediately sprung to my mind. I saw the columns as egyptian lotus columns, perhaps "vestigial" in some sense of the napoleonic egypt craze. That african track in turn made me consider the "alternate" interpretation of the gothic as a marriage, or intersection, between romanesque decorative art and islamic geometry as represented by the moorish style.... which eventually made me think the mirror, actually especially excluding the actual frame component, is overall quite reminiscent of Mughal architecture, the columns representing twin minarets, massive but rounded geometries adorned by delicate yet high contrast ornamentation....
Nice, where are the leggs of the secretaire ?
Beautiful bed, and I like your presentations so very much.
Beautiful! I love that is is austere and can be used in virtually any setting and fit in well.
You definitely are a world of information. Could you give us a little background on your experiences, workplace history, and or companies you work for in the past
so so cool
Thought I had seen all of your videos; just ran across this one. It is excellent as are all your presentations. I noticed that the drawer on the later Charles X piece has a birds eye maple cover on the top of it. What was the purpose of this feature? Thank you.
Ok. So what happened to her?
She was guillotined during the French Revolution, after keeping a low profile for years despite not supporting the monarchist side. She was robbed of the equivalent of 20 million euros and to recover the jewels, she published the huge amount of diamonds and jewels that had been stolen, the revolutionaries remembered her and went after her head because they wanted to eradicate everything related to the excesses of the monarchy.
All this being financed on the backs of the peasants.
Taken from the backs of the peasants for a peasant on her back. :)
I wish the video was longer!
Me too! I was beginning to enjoy the story when it ended! 😭😭(LOL)
Such a wonderful pavilion. Thank you for showing it to us.
Great looking piece ! Thank you for your informative presentation
Remarkable artistry of the lemonwood inlaid ! Just too over the top ! Stunning piece of Charles 10 th furniture !
Thank you for the interesting history.
Thanks for watching - just posted this as I havent finished editing the full upcoming furniture videos
Who would have thought it took some much work to be a mistress😂.
❤ lovely little chateau! Imagine the treasures it was filled with. Her lavish apartments at Versailles are nothing to be sneered at either. I don't think her portral in the Depp film does her justice. It would be interesting to know if there were extant pieces of furniture from her chateau that survived. Great video!
What fantastic clip.
Some of the original pieces occasionally trade at the upper end of the art market and some are in the Met
@@MyersMonroe next time I'm in NYC I will have to pay a visit! Thanks again!
We just love to listen to all that you have to say !!
Thanks 🙏! More usual furniture videos on the way!
Excellent presentation! Bravo!
Seriously, South Dakota ? What a fate they had at the end of it.....
❤ it's for sale .... interiors are amazing
I have 40.000 dollars, would that be enough? (LOL)
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Great piece of furniture ! Classical and elegant
Thanks it’s one of the better finds as of late 👍
Love your background history and your presentation ! Love Anything FRENCH !
There is a full video on this piece just FYI ! Thank you for commenting 🙏
Beautiful piece ! Thankyou for sharing
Thank you for watching 🙏 glad you liked seeing the piece
Abandoned?
Quasi inhabited and for sale !
I have 2 French armoires and it's so sad that no one wants them any more. I've tried with auction houses and they are not sellable. It 's such a great loss of carpentry work and wood. I'm trying my best to salvage the wood and doors. Today younger generations do not have any space and move often and I understand this. They would rather have fake wood furniture painted grey or white or denim blue.
Well that doesn’t sound great and that is the case most of the time. The museum quality ones featured on the channel have all been sold to collectors or special design projects. Thanks for watching.
incredible, is there longer video/follow up? what was inside!
This was not intended as a cliffhanger but just an amusing shot in the street! The full video is on my channel - there was nothing good inside
@@MyersMonroe Ha, yes I did manage to find the full video -- a very interesting piece nevertheless, thank you for sharing!
I can't get over feeling that the Ark of the Covenant is inside one of those boxes in that warehouse... :)
You and me both 😂 that was the intended effect of this atmosphere / last minute staging !
I am subscribed and looking forward to the new ones coming!
Thanks so much - I’ll be making some better planned and more thorough videos on other pieces every two weeks.
The famous Trubetskoy Imperial Russia-era family, wow! 💫🕊🌏💌
Yes thank you! Any comments you have on this subject would be greatly appreciated as this piece is about to enter a museum collection
Cole, I see that your store appears as permanently closed on Google. Is this true?
Thanks so much for letting me know - I changed it to open with no main hours.
Thank you. Another well done video showcasing a beautiful example of port furniture. Please keep them coming. Very informative and so enjoyable to watch.
Thanks again for watching - I have another ten pieces which need filming and the next video will be of a previously un-featured piece in a customer’s home!
What a beautiful piece of furniture! It is simple, almost plain but the beauty of the mahogany and the delicate carving makes it stand out. It is easy to become dazzled and almost spoiled by the beautiful, elaborate and sometimes over-the-top furniture produced for the royal family and the high-ranking nobility. That kind of furniture is clearly decorative, no wonder the French called that kind of luxurious furniture "meuble d´apparat". BTW, why is this piece of furniture called a "buffet" and not an "armoire"? I always believed that the word "buffet" applied to what in English is known as a "sideboard". Also, this piece of furniture corresponds to the definition of "armoire" given by the Larousse dictionary: "Meuble de rangement, plus haut que large, subdivisé intérieurement par des tablettes et fermé par une ou plusieurs portes (qui parfois portent une glace)" Thank you for this video. I wish you a nice weekend. Claudio.
Great question - originally these four doored armoires were called as such during the Renaissance (with a top corps either narrower or the same size as the bottom one). You could still call it an armoire à quatre portes, but by this time they became more associated with presenting meal service pieces and in any case the term for a while has been “buffet à deux corps.” Interestingly, as will be covered in other videos, the grandest two door armoires of this period were also for presenting silverware and plates (not for bedroom use) although we call them armoires and later in the 19th century they became true wardrobes for clothes.
@@MyersMonroe Thank you very much for the explanation. Inspired by your comment I decided to look at the origin of the word "buffet" Originally it was spelt "bufet" and it meant A) As a verb: Strike, slap someone B) As a substantive: Bench or sideboard. Both meanings are still valid. Interestingly the Germans also use the word "buffet" to designate a sideboard although they spell it "Büffet" but it is rather old-fashioned. There is also a proper German word for sideboard and is "Anrichte", from it derives the verb "anrichten" which means "To set/display the dishes on the sideboard" I am sorry I got carried away but I cannot help it. I am obsessive about the use of the correct words and their etymology. Regards
Stunning and monumental. I particularly like the carving and the smooth, rounded skirt at the bottom (almost like the sensualness of a stair banister) Thank you for your knowledge and for sharing this lovely piece.❤
Thank you very much!
Very interesting. Thank you.
Many thanks for watching - more more thorough videos to come !
Another great video, keep them coming!
Thanks, will do - aiming for one per two weeks!
I had to watch the video 3 times cause that piece is probably the best you ever showed us.
Thanks for commenting I’m glad you enjoyed this one !
Cole what a gorgeous piece you showed us today. How can a piece of furniture that is over 200 years old looks so new? If I were to buy it what would the cost be????
Lovely piece that you have found!!
Mille mercis ! Really like this one
Exquisite pieces!
Thanks Mark! I’ll try to do a more detailed video next time - hope you’re searches are going well
@@MyersMonroe You are perfect at what you do! So, you do you and all will follow. As for me, I am still working on the gilded pieces. Wish me luck.
Can't wait to watch this video... I've been waiting all week! Thank you for all of your hard work!
Thank you too! I appreciate that and will keep making videos 👍
Not only are the chairs something to see. It is also nice to see you somewhat casually dressed. You look so much more comfortable sitting on and showing off the pieces. Webbing done well is always something I enjoy:) As always, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for such a pleasant comment. I try to dress up for the pieces but it’s nice to be somewhat casual too ! More videos to come - I’m planning on posting every two weeks