Each with curved crest rail, scrolled knuckles and twist-reeded frame raised on round, tapered stop-fluted legs, upholstered in a champagne and gold damask, three stamped 'G. IACOB', and one stamped 'I. POTHIER'
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 29 September 1994, lot 228.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 5 November 1998, lot 463.
Anonymous sale (The Art of Collecting: Three Private Collections); Christie’s, New York, 9 October 2013, lot 535.

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Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.
Jean-Jacques Pothier, maître in 1750.

The most famous and the prolific of all eighteenth-century French chair makers, menuisier Georges Jacob (1739-1814) produced an incalculable quantity of chairs of all types and styles from the reign of Louis XV until the Consulat. From 1773 until the revolution, Georges Jacob worked continuously for the French royal family, furnishing the main royal residences including Versailles and undertaking many commissions for members of the royal court.

Jean-Jacques Pothier was a maître menuisier who started on the rue de Bourbon-Villeneuve and was active for at least thirty years, starting in the time and style of Louis XV, and then later in the Transitional and Louis XVI styles. Pothier probably stamped one of these chairs in his capacity as restorer or retailer.