CHRISTIE'S
Armchairs — The Exceptional Sale
07.07.2022 17:00 UTC +00:002022-07-07T17:00:00+02:00United Kingdom, London, 8 King Street, St. James'sCHRISTIE'S
London,
United Kingdom
Lot 16 A ROYAL LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL
Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) 
Georges Jacob
06.06.1739 - 05.07.1814
France
Georges Jacob, nicknamed Jacob the Elder, was a famous furniture maker of the French Neoclassical period. He was a pupil of Louis Delanois. Georges Jacob lived a long and rich life, during which he worked in many styles. He started out as a Rococo master in 1765 and was a supplier to the royal court and in particular to Marie-Antoinette (Queen of France since 1774), but soon moved on to the more austere style of French Neoclassicism and, later, Empire.
