ID 1027774
Lot 445 | A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1780
The rectangular padded back carved overall with trailing oak leaves and acorns within a stiff-leaf border, the arms terminating in scrolling acanthus leaves on spreading acanthus-wrapped supports, the shaped seat rail carved overall with entrelac and rosette motif and flanked by a stiff-leaf border, tapering stop-fluted legs with acanthus collars headed by a rosette on toupie feet, the padded back, arms and seat upholstered in crimson and floral velvet, stamped 'G. IACOB', inscribed in pencil 'E. DE ROTHSCHILD' and 'GOBER', inscribed in ink 'NO. 3', with incised 'X' and 'T.S' and inscribed in black paint 'RMA'
36 in. (91 cm.) high, 27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949);
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of France in May 1940.
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from Buxheim monastery, Germany.
Returned directly from the above to France and restituted to the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) |
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| Medium: | Giltwood, Textile, Velvet |
| 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: | Giltwood, Textile, Velvet |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Address of auction |
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