ID 887771 
Lot 2  | A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND GRAY-PAINTED CANAPE
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000 
BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1785
The shaped top rail with laurel-leaf and berry cresting centered by a shell surmounted by a floral garland above a scrolling acanthus leaf volute flanked by further garlands, above a padded back and seat upholstered in taupe velvet, the arms modeled as lyres surmounted by eagle heads with rope and stiff-leaf embellished uprights with scrolling ribbon-tied sides centered by a flowerhead, the seat rail carved with chutes de piastres, on tapering baluster-turned and stop-fluted legs headed by rosettes with toupie feet, with two loose cushions and two bolster cushions, stamped 'G. IACOB'
41 3/4 in. (106 cm.) high, 75 in. (190 cm.) wide, 24 1/2 in. ( 62 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) | 
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| Applied technique: | Painted | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps | 
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) | 
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| Applied technique: | Painted | 
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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