It's always a pleasure to be enlightened by your pleasant talks about the most exquisite pieces of furniture created by and for our ancestors. Thank you very much for sharing the richness of your knowledge. Your love and enthusiasm inspire. Cheers
I keep being stunned by the perfection of the pieces you're presenting! Loved the acorns and gothic columns, so cool. I did some oak leaves and acorns inlay in a tabletop a while ago but nothing close to how detailed and crisp this is, and then the sheer quantity of it all around the sides and back too! Mindblowing and gorgeous. Thank you for the supply of inspiration.
The workshop owners whose names are signed on pieces sometimes became people of wealth and influence but im not sure how they paid the master craftsmen
Hey! I have a few books in French and can send you pictures of them (out of print copies sometimes for sale online for not too much). I love this style and am always reassured in my tastes when people who intimately understand the science and the art of furniture also admire the style!
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....
@@kensh50 😂 well you bring up a great point about me not mentioning the woods - many great French pieces I’ll be filming soon are in walnut ! Some on the channel are as well notably an armoire lyonnaise !
Wonderful thank you so much, I love to see pieces like this, an excellent and informative video, many thanks.
It's always a pleasure to be enlightened by your pleasant talks about the most exquisite pieces of furniture created by and for our ancestors. Thank you very much for sharing the richness of your knowledge. Your love and enthusiasm inspire. Cheers
Thanks for this kind comment - I’m glad you’ve found and enjoyed these videos!
I keep being stunned by the perfection of the pieces you're presenting! Loved the acorns and gothic columns, so cool. I did some oak leaves and acorns inlay in a tabletop a while ago but nothing close to how detailed and crisp this is, and then the sheer quantity of it all around the sides and back too! Mindblowing and gorgeous. Thank you for the supply of inspiration.
Just amazing!
Thank you !
Amazing! I really wonder if the craftsmen where paid well at that era. A piece like that needs hundreds of hours to build...
The workshop owners whose names are signed on pieces sometimes became people of wealth and influence but im not sure how they paid the master craftsmen
Mesmerizing! Even the back panel is a work of art. Definitely, Charles X is my favourite period style. Do you know of any specific book about it?
Hey! I have a few books in French and can send you pictures of them (out of print copies sometimes for sale online for not too much). I love this style and am always reassured in my tastes when people who intimately understand the science and the art of furniture also admire the style!
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....
You never mention the type of wood. That's what interests me. the back looks to me like walnut. Is it?
Dalbergia Nigra, Brazilian Rosewood- inlaid with lemonwood !
@@MyersMonroe Yikes! What a peasant I am. Nothing so mundane as walnut for them.
@@kensh50 😂 well you bring up a great point about me not mentioning the woods - many great French pieces I’ll be filming soon are in walnut ! Some on the channel are as well notably an armoire lyonnaise !