No such thing as tedious art history when you've got a good professor.

Wow, how incredibly well-spoken this man is. Such a concise and informative delivery. These pieces are wonderful.

Outstanding!

Thank you for this excellent, informative video. It was very interesting! I’ve been looking for videos showing the difference between 18th century English and French furniture, as it evolved through the century. Wonderful work!!

Exellent lecture. You are very knowledgeable

What a pleasure to listen to this knowledgeable man. Very informative video, thank you for making and uploading it.

thank you

I love these pieces but the louis XVl is my favorite. Neoclassical furniture is so elegant and graceful without being fussy.

OMG!!! How can someone be so eloquent? The enunciation and intonation are impeccable. Great job, Cole!

I'm learning English and good grammar with you

What a wonderful presentation of three wonderful pieces, so rare to see all together. Thank you so much

Outstanding video, well done and educational.

Awesome!!! Thanks for this video, love the honesty when you talk about this pieces ....more content like this please!

Glad to hear Thomas Jefferson had some saving "taste" with purchasing any Louis XVI style furniture, as he despised Rococo. Which is one of my favorites just for the sheer abandonment of the basic cube construction to a more "nature-all" curved shape which to me is so much more sensual. I know you could go on & on with the many details of these examples of transitioning taste, but i was immediately struck with the waxing and waning of ornamentation and surface detailing with the veneers between all three. The first one's simplified amount of wood types and clean curvature of the body shape to balance the heavy detailed ormolu. Were in the second chest with its simplified body and bronze work to balance with the many varieties of woods and patterns of the veneer, to the third where all aspects seemed to be stripped down to a restrained composition that still holds on to a gesture that has simple elegance & purity. The bowed belly to the geometric belly or block front. All beautiful examples of highly skilled craftsmen. {Typing this thought, it occurred to me how your demeanor and verbal expression are very similar to the field you are so passionate about....elegant, rich with details and charm, easy to look at, but unlike your subjects, i could listen to you for hours.} Thanks for another great & enjoyable Master Class ❣

Excellent presentation Cole! So concise and informative ❤

Great knowledge 👏🏽 👌

can you do a video about WOODS? how to spot valuable wood items

I love the "rouge Languedoc marbre" on the bombe commode. However I much prefer the transitional piece

Can you do a video about furniture HARDWARE? I noticed the expensive furniture has very nice-looking Hardware but I'm having a hard time understanding different type of Hardware so that perhaps I can change the hardware on some of vintage items I have to make it look better

Je suis français et je viens sur votre chaîne américaine pour apprendre plein de choses sur le patrimoine culturel de mon pays.

EXCELENT.

Another marvelous video though you've left aside the easy tell tale sign that an original marble will always be slightly though percept ably uneven.Too, one might address the different marbles used,as for example the now outsourced marbre d'Alep,a favorite of mine. Many thanks, and best wishes.

Thank you very much for this excellent video. I have seen many videos on this subject and this one is one of the finest I have ever seen. In my opinion nothing compares in beauty, creativity, craftmanship and elegance to the French furniture created between 1660 and 1790. The only rivals I can think of at this moment are Thomas Chippendale and the Roentgen family from Germany.

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I know somebody else that would be interested in this. RALPH NADAR!

Are the commodes pieces without the glass or upper part to be certain l am infront of an original piece of commode, or????? I will like to understand better the difference between Commode and Chest of drawers.

Witty, unpredictable! I've never thought of furniture in such ways. I want to hear Cole describe the menu from a French restaurant. Why was the mercury guilding method abolished?

how did you learn to speak with this vocabulary and effortlessly? how many books a week do you read? (and no a mere bachelor is not enough) what is it?

how did they achieve the SHINE or lacquer in the wood?

I love the form of the middle one, but I loathe the veneer as it's the height of bad taste. When I someday build my dream home (marble neoclassical mansion) I might have a carpenter make a copy of it in solid tulip popular to put in the foyer. If you ever get a chance read "living with antiques" by Alice Winchester do it because she focuses mostly on 18th century antiques and I think you would love it. :)

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