Lot 341
Lot 341
A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI WHITE PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS

BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1770

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USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI WHITE PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS

BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1770

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Each overall with acanthus and guilloche carving, stop-fluted tapering legs, upholstered in a burgundy cut and voided velvet, three stamped G. JACOB
3914 in. (99.7 cm.) high, 2412 in. (62.2 cm.) wide, 1814 in. (46.3 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 October 1986, lot 93 (as a set of eight).
Property of Sotheby's; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 2004, lot 86 (en suite with lot 85).
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Georges Jacob (1739-1814), maître in 1765.

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.
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