We Tour Eileen Gray’s EPIC Villa, E-1027 On A Great Coastal WALK to MENTON!

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  • Опубликовано: 20 фев 2021
  • We Tour Eileen Grey’s Villa, E-1027 On A Great Coastal WALK to MENTON!
    Roquebrune to Menton, visiting E1027, the modernist villa of the great Lesbian designer Eileen Gray, the Cabanon and the Unites De Camping of Le Corbusier at Cap Moderne. We discover the story of her Gray's relationship with Corbusier. We also visit La Pausa, the fabulously camp home of Coco Chanel. We also pop in on Villa Cypris, home of Cyprienne Dubernet, the widow of Grand Magasins Du Louvre proprietor Olympe Heriot. Along the way we discover the story of Churchill at La Pausa. Cocteau, Picasso, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and The Duke and Duchess of Windsor also make guest appearances. As does a goat from my childhood.
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Комментарии • 45

  • @andrewfalconer2470
    @andrewfalconer2470 3 года назад +3

    Oh Tim, you bring a ray of sunshine into our lives - it's never Gray when you're around!

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      I’m a little ray of sunshine! Please share with design folks if you can..

  • @davidpowellseattle
    @davidpowellseattle Год назад +1

    Love this episode. I am planning on a visit in September '23. Thanks so much.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Wonderful! It’s a great place. Do book!

  • @alanoconnor007
    @alanoconnor007 3 года назад +4

    Great bit of design history I didn't know about. Well done

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      Thanks Alan. Please share if you can

  • @johnhetherington8830
    @johnhetherington8830 2 года назад +2

    Thanks I had no idea of this lady and her great talent, this Corbusier is best forgotten

  • @andreabrock4880
    @andreabrock4880 2 года назад +2

    Just loved this walk - the history is just fabulous!!

  • @fredwilliams838
    @fredwilliams838 3 года назад +2

    Just found your wonderful channel. Loved the Eileen gray’s story. Can’t wait to view the rest.💕

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Fred. So glad you liked. Please share the film if you can

  • @njkavanagh
    @njkavanagh 3 года назад +2

    From Dublin🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🍷

  • @jankipindo
    @jankipindo 3 года назад +3

    I visited the villa of E.G several times in the 1980's (it was then owned by Miss Schelbert) at the same time I also visited her house in Castellar. I was a student in architecture and doing a case study. So I measured the 2 houses including the furniture. Strangely enough Miss Schelbert was always convinced that the house was a secret unknown house of Le Corbu.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      Fascinating. Pretty certain it was the work of Eileen Gray. (Not the murals obviously!)

  • @rebekahlow8375
    @rebekahlow8375 2 года назад +1

    Stunning scenery!!! Wonderful stories of the people who lived a long the way!!!! Love from Vermont

  • @brian9480
    @brian9480 3 месяца назад

    Just going over some of your videos.
    Bloody hell 3 years ago?
    Where the hell did they go?!
    Still a great video.

  • @patbowman6723
    @patbowman6723 3 года назад +1

    What an interesting, educational and humorous video. Your the best. Thank you.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      Thanks Pat. So glad you enjoyed. Please share if you can.

  • @scolonetz
    @scolonetz 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for video! Cheers from Antibes!

  • @andyshacks7812
    @andyshacks7812 3 года назад +1

    What a fab walk. Amazing houses and gorgeous scenery. What’s not to like. !

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Andy! Please share if you can

    • @andyshacks7812
      @andyshacks7812 3 года назад

      @@MeandMonAmi Sure! Will do.

  • @asdakquinn
    @asdakquinn 3 года назад +2

    Brilliant and so much information. Makes me miss the south of France. Great work as always.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      Thanks James. So glad you enjoyed. Please share if you can.

    • @asdakquinn
      @asdakquinn 3 года назад

      Yes. I will do.

  • @garrycoldicott197
    @garrycoldicott197 3 года назад +2

    Really great video Tim.
    We stayed at Chez Betty in August 2020 and what a great guy Thierry is. Really warm character and very professional.
    Sadly we had to cut our holiday short due to covid and get home before having to quarantine but Thierry only charged us for the nights that we stayed when he could have charged us for the full duration of our booking.
    It was our first stay in Ville Franche and hopefully we will return some day soon.
    We loved everything about the area and eating out next to the sea in the evenings.
    Keep doing what you are doing. Really good entertainment.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      Thanks Garry. So glad you had a great time with Thierry. Hope you will be back soon and thanks for watching the channel.

  • @air1st1
    @air1st1 3 года назад +2

    Yet again you do not fail to entertain while informing. We have been to Menton many times but didn't know any of the information you shared on you vlog. I also enjoyed your camera work. Just now found out how you pulled the invisable sefie stick!

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      Thanks! So glad you enjoyed. And now you know the secret! Please share the video if you can.

  • @paulmurray280
    @paulmurray280 2 года назад

    Nice walk. I think I remember hearing something about the land beside the sea has to have public access. Can’t remember the full details, hence all these coastal trails that cannot be blocked by private properties

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  2 года назад

      That’s true Paul. Changed quite a few years ago I think

  • @brianmcgugan6392
    @brianmcgugan6392 3 года назад +1

    Superb
    Just found your channel.
    Don't know why you haven't got a lot more subscribers .
    They don't know what they are missing.
    Thanks .

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      Thanks so much Brian. Please spread the word if you can and share a few vids with friends.

  • @margheritamuller8708
    @margheritamuller8708 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely - change of perspective. Interesting people in beautiful places, and I appreciate your feminist touch too. Your jokes are a different matter - but we secretly love them

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад

      I’ve spent years perfecting those jokes!

  • @jml4774
    @jml4774 4 месяца назад

    Can you locate the goat pictures?

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  4 месяца назад

      I wish the paper must be somewhere

  • @quoileternite
    @quoileternite 3 года назад +1

    Why do you keep calling him Corbusier when his name is Le Corbusier ? However, thank you for the video, very interesting, I subscribe.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад +1

      You are correct of course. Blame Franglais! thanks for subscribing!

    • @quoileternite
      @quoileternite 3 года назад +1

      @@MeandMonAmi I live in Brighton at the moment, but I intend to settle in Nice in 2022 hopefully 😉

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  3 года назад +1

      I have many mates in Brighton!

  • @johnryskamp2943
    @johnryskamp2943 Год назад

    It should be simple to cover over the Corb murals in the Grey villa without doing any damage. Ask a painting conservator. You should be able to cover them with an archival, completely reversible polymer coating. Then you can paint over that with the original colors (which were probably not white or gray, but instead a creme color--check whatever archives are available). Then, in the future, if they want to uncover the Corb additions, they can do so.

    • @MeandMonAmi
      @MeandMonAmi  Год назад

      Interesting John. I guess the story would be lost then though?