ID 1027679
Lot 412 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD MARQUISES
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1785
Each with beaded back carved with linked roundels centered by rosettes and separated by acanthus sprays, the arms ending in foliate scrolls centered by flowerheads on supports carved with further beading flanked by waterleaf motif, the fluted columnar uprights on a conformingly carved seat-rail on turned and tapering foliate-collared and spirally-fluted legs headed by paterae, the padded back, seat and arms upholstered in red velvet, stamped once 'G. IACOB'
30 ½ in. (78 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 22 ½ in. (57 cm.)
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Private Houses of France, Paris, 2014, pp. 278-286.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
G. de Bellaigue et al., Buckingham Palace, New York, 1968.
B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Paris, 1993, vol.II.
| 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, Sofas und Couches |
| 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, Sofas und Couches |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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