CHRISTIE'S
Armchairs and chairs — The Exceptional Sale
22.11.2022 16:00 UTC +01:002022-11-22T16:00:00+01:00United Kingdom, London, 8 King Street, St. James'sCHRISTIE'S
Paris,
France
Lot 10 FAUTEUIL ROYAL A L'ETRUSQUE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI
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.