ID 1345096
Lot 117 | A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE GILTWOOD CHAISES Á MUSIQUE
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
BY FRANÇOIS-HONORE-GEORGES JACOB, KNOWN AS JACOB-DESMALTER, CIRCA 1805
Each rectangular back with floral cresting and a tapering splat carved with a variant musical trophy, the rectangular seats covered in two patterns of floral silk, on fluted tapering legs headed with foliage, all with oval fleur-de-lys brand and FON for the château de Fontainebleau, two chairs stamped JACOB D RUE MESLEE, three branded F Repuier, the chair with a horn stenciled in black 13378, F1877 and ...18, red painted 267F and 9106; the lute black stenciled F16189, F662, F416618, and red painted 275 F and 9395; the chair with bagpipes black stenciled ...399 and F756, and printed label inscribed 306; the chair with a tambourine black stenciled F669 and F...89, and red painted ...6 and F946...
35 ½ in. (90.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Supplied to the château de Fontainebleau, possibly for the Music Room.
Acquired from Galerie Léage, Paris.
| Artist: | François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841) |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Wood |
| Art style: | Empire |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Artist: | François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841) |
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| Medium: | Gilding, Wood |
| Art style: | Empire |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
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