ID 1027740
Lot 365 | A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERE
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 80 000
BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1785
The arched back carved with rope-twist motif above stiff-leaf border flanked by foliate finials, issuing arms with scroll terminals on supports with acanthus-wrapped scrolls, the seat-rail with stiff-leaf molding above a band of interlaced rosettes, the gadroon-collared tapering fluted legs headed by a rosette and terminating in foliate feet, the padded back, seat à chassis and arms covered in gilt-tooled tan leather, the back impressed with the coat of arms of Louis XVI, stamped twice 'G.IACOB', the seat webbing inscribed in red chalk with '1036' beneath effaced '136'
43 in. (110 cm.) high, 32 in. (81.5 cm.) wide, 30 in. (76.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably the collection of Christian Dior.
Probably anonymous sale; Palais Galliera, Paris, 16 June 1967, lot 82 (where described as bearing the stamp of Carpentier).
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1998.
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Leather, Giltwood, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Leather, Giltwood, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
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