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| Meissen porcelain monkey orchestra (1753 & 1765) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany. | Meissen porcelain monkey orchestra by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1753) &/or Peter Reinicke (1765-6) at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain monkey orchestra by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1753) &/or Peter Reinicke (1765-6) at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Clock (18thC) by Jean Moisy holding Meissen Concert of Apes figures (c1750s) at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. |
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| Clock (18thC) by Jean Moisy holding Meissen Concert of Apes figures (c1750s) at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. | Meissen Orchestra Apes on platform base of baroque clock at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. | Meissen monkey orchestra members at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France. | Meissen porcelain monkey orchestra in Monkey salon at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France. |
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| Porcelain monkey band (c1765) modeled by Johann Joachim Kaendler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. | Faience ape orchestra figures (c1745-54) by Paul Hannong of Strasbourg, France at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany. | Faience ape orchestra figures (c1745-54) by Paul Hannong of Strasbourg, France at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany. | Automaton in form of monkey drummer which plays drum while moving head & eyes (late 19thC) by Gustave Vichy or Alexandre Theroude of France at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT. |
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| Automated monkey at piano (c1900) by Gustave Vichy at Arts et Metiers Museum. Paris, France. | Monkey playing bagpipe corbel on window surround of Louis XII Gothic wing at Blois Chateau. Blois, France. | Wall panel with costumed monkey playing violin framed in garland of flowers in Monkey salon at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France. | Wall panel depicting costumed monkey pouring wine in Monkey salon at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France. |
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| Costumed monkey framed in flowers in Monkey salon at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France. | Monkey salon wall panel at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France. | Details of scenes in Salon des Singes (monkeys) in Princes' Apartments in Petit Château at Château de Chantilly. Chantilly, France. | Details of scenes in Salon des Singes (monkeys) in Princes' Apartments in Petit Château at Château de Chantilly. Chantilly, France. |
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| Details of scenes in Salon des Singes (monkeys) in Princes' Apartments in Petit Château at Château de Chantilly. Chantilly, France. | Details of scenes in Salon des Singes (monkeys) in Princes' Apartments in Petit Château at Château de Chantilly. Chantilly, France. | Details of scenes in Salon des Singes (monkeys) in Princes' Apartments in Petit Château at Château de Chantilly. Chantilly, France. | Details of scenes in Salon des Singes (monkeys) in Princes' Apartments in Petit Château at Château de Chantilly. Chantilly, France. |
