@@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.
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.
I wish Antique chest of drawers were worth £1000 today, they've gone so far out of fashion people are giving them away for next to nothing. In fact antiques aren't the investment they used to be back in 2000. Lovely find though
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!!
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@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.
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!
@@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.
How neat that dresser is that old! A friend of a friend is a cabinet/furniture maker and it takes many years to learn properly. We live in such a throw away society that anything hand made I appreciate. So satisfying to build something or fix an old machine. We all will be better off when we realize sitting on computers is sapping our creativity and soul.
My wife inherited a grand father clock that we couldn't find the origin of. Turns out it was remade from bits of timber when the original case was destroyed during the bombings in Britain during ww2. Has a 1922 date stamp though.
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.
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.
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!
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!
As an American I can truthfully say, the BBC never, ever lets me down when I watch these shows. They are my absolute favorite! Our history in America is brand new compared to the rest of the world.
I’m from Scotland and there’s a pub just down the road from my house that was built in 1360. It’s a lovely pub as well, does a good pint. I guess in Europe we tend to forget the age of things when we grow up around and amongst them.
I live on a council estate in England that wraps around a castle. Mary Queen of scots was held prisoner inside its walls at one point in time, It was built in the early 1500s. I Drive past it's remains daily. I think you're right about our history being overlooked because we have so much of it. I found a medicine bottle from 1890 just layed on the top of the soil on my garden for example.
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.
Prove that one. Prove the US calls ANYTHING older than 40 years is an antique. You sound like a foreigner who knows nothing. By US standards, anything older than 100 years is declared an antique.
@@Viper42104 leave ol 98 alone. It makes him feel smart to say things like this. You know the current commercial running where the lass turns in the cafe after correcting the spelling of "cwosain" and loudly proclaims to no one in particular "I just returned from Europe". Yeah. That person.
@@Viper42104 Travel around to small towns in the USA and see the shops labeled "Antiques" and take a look inside to see what they are selling. I can guarantee you there is grandma's oak kitchen table from 1968, perhaps a poster bed from 1955 and more 'chest of drawers' from the 1960's and 1970's than you can haul away on a 10 foot flatbed trailer.
Beautiful furniture, beautiful woodwork and fantastic lesson. Additional bonus… I believe I now know where Kelsey Grammer developed his Frazier character from. 👍👍
I always get a hoot from the difference between Antiques Roadshow America and the UK. The English are exicitededly reserved while the Americans fall all over themselves when they have a find. Neither one is bad, but you can see in the cultures how different we are.
I think you really misunderstand British understatement. He said the second drawer is “even more interesting” and he’s dragged this to antiques roadshow so I’d say he is the opposite of disappointed.
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.
He put it on top of the brass handles, so the polish would not have been touched. What bothers me more is that the back of the drawer was obviously also carved, as some have remarked (pause at 0:33) so the brass handles could have scratched those carvings...
I have a book case made by flipping the boards on a large egg incubator a hundred years ago. The painted panel is intact inside. I didn't notice for years. I wouldn't take it to a show. I went to one and it was a disappointment, they went to ebay on their phones for something near unique and just made-up a low b.s. number that was 300 when I sold it for 4,800.
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.
Hardly , a Sony wide-screen TV and video combo was 2 grand. A grand for a denom cd system. Carpets were expensive. Street fighter 2 turbo was 70 quid on the mega drive! Ninties weren't cheap but folk still bought pricey stuff!
This guy turned up with this furniture, hoping to be told that he had been ripped off by the seller for a thousand quid. As he said, "Wow, I am surprised," when told that each panel were worth a thousand each!! I love watching his suspicious look go to one of surprise!!
“I’ve got this old chest of drawers here.” “Yes, well there it is. Sure.” “And it’s got these underneath each drawer.” “Ah! Yes! Do you remember in the Bible how they said that Jesus was a carpenter? Well this would have been made by His grandfather…”
The guy knew all along what it was and what is was worth.....otherwise if he really thought he'd been ripped off then he would never have taken it in to be appraised in the first place.
As a carpenter, I was often exposed to very old wooden furniture and sometimes I tried to restore them and I saw works on the wood that expressed history and stories that are unbelievable. Each person, based on his experience and skill in the past, even now, tried to express his thoughts with his art. This video is very beautiful and I enjoyed it.💚🤍❤
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
Stow is a tourist trap, too many rich celebs around, go 10 minutes away and you can get a chest of draws like this for less than £200 at Blockley Auction.
I just wish that the BBC version would show the evaluators estimate on the screen like the US show does. If you miss hearing what the value was said then you have no clue what the value was.
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?
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! 😮👌
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!
