Unique Guillotine Secretary or Mechanical Desk (early 19th century French Antique)!

[@beiderbecke1927]

Definitely a brief period in French furniture design, but so intriguing. They seemed to be looking back at their own history, even fairly recent, rather than embracing ancient Greco-Roman themes. Thanks so much for an enlightening look at this amazing piece. I hope you find more pieces of the Charles X troubadour style to share with us.

[@MyersMonroe]

Yes and perhaps the way the mirror opens is more about evoking a medieval castle's portcullis, but the double reading between that and a guillotine seems unavoidable!

[@brettfine3444]

Bonjour, Cole! Your French is impeccable. I am so jealous! LOL!

[@MyersMonroe]

Haha thank you - My French lends credence to all of these dubious French antiques I keep sharing!?

[@brettfine3444]

@@MyersMonroe Dubious? I am certain that you are not a shady antique dealer. Have faith in yourself! LOL!

[@MyersMonroe]

Thank you 🙏 !

[@erinnamoynihan9808]

Stunning. Very beautiful! ❤

[@MyersMonroe]

Thank you! 😊

[@fashion4adollar]

THANK YOU.

[@MyersMonroe]

Glad you liked the video !

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

A very interesting and ingenious piece of furniture, although the so-called Charles X is not my cup of tea. In my opinion, the finest furniture was made in the 18th century. Thank you so much for this and all your videos! Regards.

[@MyersMonroe]

It is a particular style, especially one like this which seems to make up for its bizarreness via being so interesting. I tend to see this style it as the very end of the long 18th century. It is at least more true to an "art" paradigm of design and creation than later purely industrial furniture! Thanks for watching - too bad we didn't do a longer video. This was shot for short format social media.

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

@@MyersMonroe No worries. It still is a very interesting video. I appreciate the amount of research you put into each video. Regards. Claudio

[@francoisleyrat8659]

@@MyersMonroe Charles X is very short period (1824-1830) and I would say it is the last era with mostly artisan-made furniture before increased industrialisation and mass-production in the 1830's and 1840's, which allowed to reach a wider public.

[@EJofKC]

Yo it's E in KC, hollatchaboi, thinking about going to Paris in 2024.

[@MyersMonroe]

Let me know when you’re going !! Great to hear from you

[@orion9779]

Promo SM