ID 1177189
Lot 120 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILT-WALNUT FAUTEILS
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1785
Each with rectangular padded back, padded arms with bowed upholstered seat, the crest-rails sharply and finely carved with central berried acanthus, the frames carved with beading, guilloche, coin-pattern, acanthus and leaf-tips, on circular tapering stop-fluted legs headed by paterae and leaf-tips, upholstered in 18th century Beauvais tapestry depicting flower-filled baskets and musical and garden trophies suspended from festooned draperies on a beige ground, each stamped ‘G. IACOB’, en suite with lots 119 and 121
38 ½ in. high, 27 ½ in wide, 24 in. deep
Provenance
Jules Beer, Paris, 25 May 1913, lot 70.
Baron Robert de Rothschild, Paris (1880-1946).
Baron Alain de Rothschild, Paris, by descent (1910-1982).
Property Formerly in the Collection of the Late Baron Robert de Rothschild (1880-1946); Christie's New York, 14 November 1985, lot 226.
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) |
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| Medium: | Giltwood, Wood, Walnut |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Artist: | Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814) |
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| Medium: | Giltwood, Wood, Walnut |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Address of auction |
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