ID 1126379
Lot 2 | A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED AND GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
BY GEORGES JACOB, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY JEAN-DEMOSTHENE DUGOURC, CIRCA 1788-90
Each with diamond-carved frame supporting sphinx-form armrests raised on lion's paw feet and upholstered in a gold damask, stamped 'G. IACOB', originally upholstered à châssis
40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high
Provenance
Henriette-Françoise, marquise de Marbeuf (1738-1794), delivered for the Grand salon in her hôtel particulier, rue du Faubourg Saint- Honoré, Paris, circa 1788-1790.
Hôtel Marbeuf, most probably Charles-François Lebrun, consul of France (1739-1824).
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain (1768-1844), reigned 1803-1810.
The collection of Madame C.W. Hide, sold Rouen, 9 March 1980.
Anonymous Sale; Ader-Picard-Tajan, 21 June 1989, lot 148.
Acquired from Galerie Aveline-J.M. Rossi, Paris.
Literature
B. Pallot, "Les sièges à l'antique de la marquise de Marbeuf" in l'Estampille - L'Objet d'Art, October 1996, n. 306, pp. 44-53.
Jean-Marie Rossi, 45 ans de passion, Paris, 2000, p.101.
P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1998, plate VIII.
J-P. Samoyault, Mobilier François Consulat et Empire, 2009, p.19.
Exhibited
XVIIIe Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris, Galerie Aveline - J.M. Rossi (Paris).
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) |
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| Art style: | Directoire (fr. 1795-1799) |
| 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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| Art style: | Directoire (fr. 1795-1799) |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
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