'Stunning' 280-Year-Old Chest Of Drawers Has Fantastic Secret Inside | Antiques Roadshow
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- All valuations were correct at the time of broadcast. When this gentleman bought an antique chest of drawers he was concerned as it appeared they were made out of recycled pieces of timber. However, it is revealed that the drawer linings are delightfully carved pieces that are either Tudor or early Elizabethan! Hugh Scully and the experts from Antiques Roadshow take a look at some fantastic antiques and the history and stories surrounding them. This clip was filmed in Reading in 2000.
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An old woodworker gets real joy from this story. Bravo. It is sometimes wonderful when things aren’t as they seem.
Stunning!!!
Try selling something of that quality now to a younger generation
Where do they go
F****** IKEA 😁😁😁👎👎👎
@@johnbell-yn5xe TBF the younger generation can’t afford to buy real hardwood furnitures. Since they are very expensive. So they have to settle with affordable IKEA furnitures.
I would agree but I have purchased Ikea and it csn be expensive
Good quality second hand is worth looking for but most modern apartments are too small , Ikea flat pack is easier to transport and put together in situ
A couple/few generations of carpenters working in the same shop supplying just one large estate, making a dresser for the house, and using its old Tudor era paneling for drawer bottoms. It really is a fun story for a carpenter.
That's amazing ... and the maker even matched the pattern layout even though no one would see it.
He said it was originally used for wall paneling
@@MoMoMyPup10 I know, but taking the bit extra time to put the panels in an attractive layout with the fancier ones in the middle is impressive.
As is the workshop that has 150 year old scrap piles.
They were true artisans
You see the bottom of the drawer when you look into it, which has the lines where the wood panels meets up. The maker chose to use the wider panels in the middle, flanked by two narrower ones to make it look nice. You don't see the pattern as that was old fashioned by the time the chest of drawers was made.
@@JCS1964-i7w The distinction between artisan and pack rat is sometimes a small matter of shading. 🙂
As they pulled the second drawer out there’s a brief moment where it’s tilted back and the outside of the drawer back is visible. It too is carved. As a furniture maker myself I’d LOVE to have some good quality photos of all these carvings. Just… WOW!!
I went back and saw it. I wish they had stopped and shown it as well. It is beautiful also. Thank you.
Yes i noticed that right away!! I was expecting them to talk about it or at least show it but they didn’t 😔
Normally were hear of furniture at most in the 1700s. When he talks of painted furniture of the 1500s and carved panels of the period.... Just wow.
This is why I watch the BBC version. UK Roadshow has Elizabethan furniture while US Roadshow is like a Green Bay Packers jersey from 1989
😂😂😂
True. The oldest building in America is a pulling infant next to the oldest building in England. Yet, if it's from before 1950 in America, they consider it an venerable ancient.
A Majkowski jersey in good shape though...
The US version does have some good stuff though, particularly from the descendants of gilded age eccentrics and whatnot who went off to god knows where and just "loved collecting". I'm British, but there is decent stuff in the US version - although obviously far too much sports memorabilia
yep...my sentiments exactly...
I like how he’s a little disappointed at first, and thinks it’s not what he thought it was, and then he slowly changes as he hears just what he has.
I got the vibes from him that he was going to use this to go after the seller, the way he was almost desperate to show the expert each drawer, then moment he realised it was worth more than he paid and not the other way around yeah his attitude changed, but it wasn't a pleasant thing, he was ready to go after someone.
that is the beauty of this show !
Yeah he seemed to scoff at the very idea of "recycled wood" kinda snooty really.@@MK-re6sf
@@MK-re6sf It's so bizarre how people project intentions and emotions onto other people based on almost nothing... 0:23 he's interested by the drawers, not "ready to go after someone" 🙄 goodness me.
@@L_Martin That was an extremely weird comment, wasn't it? What the hell lol.
I bought an old chest of drawers in a junk shop and the insides of the drawers had exotic wood inlay. It had been made from other old furniture cobbled together.
Enjoy your find.👍♥
i love when experts get excited because they ramble and that rambling isnt filtered for the layman
This is why I love Antiques Roadshow. People find a thing that to them just seems a bit quirky, and the appraiser is just in awe of it.
You can get just a brief glimpse of the back of the second drawer as he lifts it out and it appears carved as well. What a great find.
Thanks, yes I see it. I expect they had a thorough going over the entire surfaces after this segment, shown here.
"Like the day it was painted"......
Got to love the enthusiasm!!.
Lovely clip, interesting stuff
WOW!!! THE APPRAISER REALLY KNOWS HIS STUFF!!! AM SO THRILLED FOR BOTH OF THEM.
John Bly was always a favourite on Antiques Roadshow. Such a charming gentleman and was a true expert on wooden furniture. Still alive at 84, he's also a jazz historian and drummer!
They are the best in the business, unlike the US version where half the time they don't seem to know what they are talking about.
@@TransoceanicOutreach As a US PBS viewer I never liked Antiques Road Show and then I saw the original and real show and wondered how we managed to muck it up so bad. The UK version almost always has a couple of interesting bits and an interesting location to boot.
You are thrilled for them?
LOVE it when a guest gets an unexpected bit of GOOD news on the Roadshow !
As soon as I saw the drawers I started bouncing up and down and saying in it’s Tudor art! So beautiful. Must have been extraordinary in an entire room. In a way it’s very sad they are hidden. I’d have to take them out and have them properly framed to hang. Then I’d sit staring at them for hours!
Staring at them, letting your mind roam back to the time somebody got out a chisel and started carving those, cut by cut. Think of the years of practice required to make those with the tools available then. That is certainly worth ruminating on!
Isn't the fact they were hidden the reason we can enjoy them now?
Contain yourself, woman!
One of the reasons they were this well preserve is because they have been hidden from the sunshine.
@@DavidKnowles0 yup…very important.
Love the gentleman kneeling down like he knows what he's looking at - British manners at its finest
John Bly, and his knowledge was and still is, (although long retired) encyclopaedic, but also his enthusiasm, was always so magnetic.
Or he's, you know, kneeling down to get a better view of what the expert is showing him. So that he can begin to understand what he's looking at.
I bought an insert for an English Secretaire desk at an auction for $7 dollars. No one wanted it because it was only one part of a piece of furniture and no one knew where the rest of it was. I knew it had value because it had hand cut dovetailed drawers and an elaborately gold foiled leather insert on the desk part. I got it home and researched it and found it was most likely made just outside London around 1796 to 1799. I also found it had a secret hidden compartment like you usually find in older roll top desks! I sold it on eBay for $300 plus shipping!
We came here for your story.
@@229glock 😊
It once belonged to Tolkien, who carved the Eye of Sauron into the panels.
Beautiful furniture, beautiful woodwork and fantastic lesson. Additional bonus… I believe I now know where Kelsey Grammer developed his Frazier character from. 👍👍
To find out what is not seen is worth more than what is seen ... made his day!
Now he can afford a razor to trim some of that chest hair
@@markbajek2541 LOL ... Save the money ... just button the top button ...
Handsome young fellow getting a big surprise. Always look at the undersides of drawers or other parts that are usually unseen. Surprises often await.
Did they look at the Back of the draw, that too was carved!!! At 0.33 if you stop film, you can see the carved back piece.
well spotted!
0:33
It was so interesting to watch the guy turning from "disappointed-angry" to "surprised-understanding-proud" ❤😊
What a stunning, precious and beautiful gem he got by chance! 😮👌
That's why I love the British Antiques Roadshow.
What a stunning piece
Yes he is 🙂
Oh I do hope it ends up in a museum.
I'm pleased that this gent has landed himself such a beautiful set of drawers with a very interesting history.
Mouth dropping open in awe. Absolutely beautiful and I learned something.
That is so cool! Wonderful discovery!
Incredibly well preserved chunks of history, art, and craftsmanship like this are priceless if you ask me. That would hang proudly on my wall and I'd use it as an excuse to become quite the expert about that period of art and craftsmanship and carpentry!
I had no idea that Elizabethan houses had coloured wainscotting. Those painted Elizabethan wainscot panels have survived intact BECAUSE they were hidden away in the dark for more than 400 years. If the drawers are kept out to display them, or repeatedly removed and replaced to show them off, they will fade over the coming years and thus slowly LOSE the value they had silently gained.
How lovely, and the great John Bly enthusing.
I just like seeing things that have survived for all these years, if only they could talk.
If they took the panels out and put them on display, the colour would likely fade from exposure to sunlight. Being kept in the dark all that time protected the colour.
Magnificent find . The enthusiasm of the expert and the grin of the owner.
The British respect age and workmanship. I like this so much more than in the USA where lack this heritage and knowledge.
That's amazing. I love when the experts get really excited.
*NEEDS TO BE IN THE V&A* really - its so interesting.
wow, from the 1500s, that is incredible!
The history in that piece! Mind boggling! Magnificent!
This is priceless! Museum piece!
I'm addicted to wood in furniture and home decoration. Bars, Bar poles. I love wood.
This made me smile.
Stunning! Simply STUNNING!!
I love how the buyers obvious irritation in his facial expression thinking he'd been bamboozled gradually transforms to satisfaction as he realizes the chest is worth more than he paid. Money, the great pacifier.
Fabulous to see John again 🙏👏👏👏👏👏
Love ❤antique s roadshow
I feared up when he said it was Tudor period. Imagine having that surprise in an innocent purchase. Unbelievable>
I love the excitement - I feel it whenever I find something myself. I was waiting for the inevitable Antiques Roadshow comment by the owner at the end "well, I'm never going to sell it".... 🤣
Love Mr Bly's enthusiasm!
And that a young chap like that has such interest in old furniture
Amazing … what an awesome suprise.
it is interesting to learn that in the 1700's wood paneling over 200 years old was viewed as rubbish.
What l find amazing is that those panels laid around for ~150 years without someone scrapping them. Or throwing them in a fire.
Nowadays we can those people "hoarders." 😅
@@bumblebeebob Lol, true. Although, I guess at that time any piece of wood that has already been cut, curved etc. had more value than today, and therefore they were keeping them because, as we can see, you never know where you can use them!
@@fortissimoX exactly, a ton of work went into making a board in those days. circuelar saws were invented after 1800. on the plus side they had the best wood to work with. i lived in a log home probably built around 1840-1860 and the roof sheathing was oak boards 4 feet wide and 5/8 of a inch thick. i doubt that there is a oak that big in the county now. sadly that home burned about 10 years ago.
Interior designs go into and out of fashion. In the 1950's and 60's people were tearing out Victorian and Edwardian panelling. Panelled hardwood doors were replaced by plain sheets of plywood. In this case, after a century and a half the woodworkers were certain that wainscotting like that was never going onto a wall again, so they felt free to reuse the boards where the old-fashioned pattern would not be seen.
Who cares about the value, the sheer discovery is so wonderful
Veey nicely crafted. Wow! The year 1740 crafts are spectacular.
...am I going to go down a UK Antiques Roadshow rabbit hole now? Beacuse this was fascinating.
The fact that they inlaid the bottoms symetrical in pattern is a clear sign of an Easter Egg type build.
True Craftsmanship !!
Probably watched this (I’m from the Netherlands) about when it was aired on the BBC. And always gave John Bly a little cheer; great storyteller!
I really want to find a piece thats as interesting as this one. If the outside was a bit rough I'd buy it just for the drawers.
The understated “it’s very exciting” 😂
Stacked in a corner for 150 years. And here I am feeling bad if I leave scrap in my workshop for a year or two.
That dude should be selling extended warranties because he is a great salesman
It is surprising that so often the back of a magnificent piece of antique furniture will be made of bits and pieces of scrap wood. I guess it is what shows that matters.
The guy started out looking so cranky, thinking he got a rotten deal, but ended with a smile. Good to see.
I'm a big fan of the road show..
amazing chest hair
Very interesting indeed.
I'd take the panels out, and make a decorative piece for the hallway
That was a nice surprise. Now its worth more. Wood reveling history 😮
Such a treat to see that were avid eye of Sauron worshippers.
Most Lovely, with a very interesting features...
My favorite episodes the one where they have art and fine jewelry from the Deez period in France
I've never seen a man so delighted to be so wrong.
When you accidentally revealed a devil summoning circle.
👍👌👏 2) Congratulations 🎉
Just awesome, these little discoveries.
"recycled wood" haha the guy knew exactly what he was doing, he lured Hugh in beautifully..
What a treasure.
Love History...!!!
Imagine having a piece of furniture that has wood carvings in it that's almost 500 years old. If nothing else, the British Antiques Roadshow is guaranteed to have some MUCH older stuff coming in.
Gorgeous surprise ✨♥️✨
Great Historians!!!
Very interesting. I have never seen something like this.
Woe ..yeah..1500s..
Oh the private collections never seen.
wonderful find!!
The main two objections I have with the BBK AR are 1) they don't show the valuations graphically, and 2) they go on and on about some item and then give it a ten pound value.
That guy knew exactly what he had.
Love this
The dude who owns the dresser seems so on edge lol
My sister has a roll-top letter cabinet from the early 1800's, that belonged to William Botsford Jarvis....and it is in mint condition with pictures and paperwork. Probably some good value in that I would guess?
WOW!
Did anyone else besides me catch a glimpse at the back panels when he slid the drawers out? .32-35 seconds in. They were carved pieces on the outside of the back as well.
He knew EXACTLY what was
Imagine the longevity of the woodworkers shop these were in that panels like that may have been stacked in the corner for decades let alone 100-150 years before being repurposed.
He knew, as the way he suggested Yorkshire rose, and almost said "Just a thousand?"
I like this surprising find that was found in a picture frame that a man bought forthree dollars at a garage sale. Just for the picture frame. When he took it apart to remove the old picture in the frame when he bought it, there was a hidden Original document of the United States declaration of independence hidden inside. It was illegal to be caught with one of those back in 1776. It sold at auction for millions
I always wanted to be like lovejoy or even tinker 😊
Those sacred Yonis.
Recycled pieces of timber, come on. This chap knows what he's got.
Imagine if the guy had said "I was cleaning my drawers one day and saw that they used this panel that has a painting on it as the bottom board"... and when the appraiser turned it over it was the missing panel of The Just Judges by Jan van Eyck. And then he fainted right there.
Chest ,drawers , nudge nudge , say no more
I sense displeasure of the Customer thinking, Mister, you've just placed the rear of my drawer on the face of my drawer and are now scratching it... three times I noticed that glance to the Appraiser. The Appraiser even put the weight of his arm and elbow into the face of that third drawer through the second drawer. Did the Appraiser even notice or care? Anybody else notice? Wonderful find by the way.