Details
The padded seat and arms covered in yellow silk-damask, on tapering legs, the silk distressed
3614 in. (92 cm.) high; 2312 in. (59.5 cm.) wide; 2112 in. (54.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The distinctive trellis motif was used by Jacob for chairs he supplied to Marie Antoinette's dairy at Rambouillet in 1787 (see M. Beurdeley, Georges Jacob (1739-1814) et son temps, Saint-Remy en l'Eau, 2002) but was enduringly fashionable during the Directoire and his successors supplied various superb related examples to Fontainebleau, some of which were sold, Sotheby's, Paris, 12 March 2002, lot 45.

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