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A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND GRAY-PAINTED CANAPE

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$ 529 200
Auction dateClassic
27.01.2023 12:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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Lot 2 | A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND GRAY-PAINTED CANAPE
A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND GRAY-PAINTED CANAPE

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)
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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