Moss Antiques

The story of Moss Antiques starts with the original store Keil’s Antiques which goes back four generations. Originally from Alsace-Lorraine and coming to Louisiana as a girl, Hermina Keil spent time in St. Francisville before opening her antique store in New Orleans’ French Quarter in 1899. At the time, only two other antique stores existed in the Vieux Carré which was not the tourist destination it is today. Hermina Keil became a renowned expert on American furniture and silver and counted presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson among her clientele. Her son Morris Keil who was involved in the family business developed a love of French and English antiques, a new direction for the store which his mother encouraged. When he took over Keil’s Antiques in the 1920s, Morris Keil began to import eighteenth and nineteenth century pieces – including Louis XV, Louis XVI, Chippendale, and Georgian styles – and Keil’s Antiques established itself as an acclaimed authority in these areas as well.

• Monday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Tuesday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Wednesday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Thursday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Friday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Saturday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• SundayClosed – Closed