CHRISTIE'S
The Exceptional Sale, Including masterpieces from the Rothschild Collections
21.11.2023 15:00 UTC +01:002023-11-21T15:00:00+01:00United Kingdom, London, 8 King Street, St. James'sCHRISTIE'S
Paris,
France
Lot 15 PAIRE DE FAUTEUILS ROYAUX EN CABRIOLET D'ÉPOQUE 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.
Lot 26 SECRETAIRE A ABATTANT D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI
Jean-François Oeben (1721 - 1763) 
Jean-François Oeben
09.10.1721 - 21.01.1763
Germany, France
Jean-François Oeben, or Johann Franz Oeben, was a German ébéniste (cabinetmaker) whose career was spent in Paris. He was the maternal grandfather of the painter Eugène Delacroix.
