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FAUTEUIL ROYAL A L`ETRUSQUE D`EPOQUE LOUIS XVI

Lot 10
22.11.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 859311
Lot 10 | FAUTEUIL ROYAL A L'ETRUSQUE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI
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€ 100 000 – 200 000
FAUTEUIL ROYAL A L'ETRUSQUE D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI

ESTAMPILLE DE GEORGES JACOB, LIVRE POUR LE PETIT APPARTEMENT DE LA REINE A VERSAILLES, VERS 1788

En noyer mouluré, sculpté, laqué blanc, le dossier arrondi en partie haute, entièrement sculpté de palmettes à l'étrusque, les accotoirs munis de manchette, les consoles d'accotoirs en cavet à décor d'une frise de coeurs et terminées par une colonette cannelée, les pieds fuselés, cannelés et rudentés de tiges d'asperge, estampillé G IACOB sous la traverse arrière, couverture de cotonnade bleue ; le pied avant droit remplacé probablement au XIXe siècle

H.: 96 cm. (37. 3/4 in.) ; L.: 66 cm. (26 in.) ; P.: 64 cm. (25 in.)

George Jacob, reçu maître en 1765





Provenance

Livré pour la reine Marie-Antoinette pour la chambre à coucher du petit appartement au château de Versailles ;

Vente Révolutionnaire du 27 décembre 1793 (7 frimaire An II) acquis par le citoyen Dumont pour la somme de 3000 livres.



Literature

Bibliographie comparative:

M. Jallut, 'Les cabinets intérieurs et petits appartements de Marie-Antoinette', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, mai 1964.

D. Meyer, Cat. d'expo., Cinq années d'enrichissement du Patrimoine National, Paris, 1980.

C. Baulez, C. Constans, S. Hoog, D. Meyer, 'Meubles royaux récemment acquis à Versailles (1985-1989)', in Revue du Louvre, 1990, no. 2, p. 97.

C. Baulez, 'Tabouret de pied pour la chambre à coucher de la reine Marie-Antoinette à Versailles', in Revue du Louvre, 1992, no. 3, p. 71.

P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Le Mobilier de Versailles XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 2002, vol. I, no. 73, pp. 284-89.

cat. exp., Marie-Antoinette, 15 mars – 30 juin 2008, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, n. 155, p. 222.

cat. exp., Marie-Antoinette, une reine à Versailles, 25 octobre 2016 - 26 février 2017, Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo, pp. 114-117 et 245-247.



Exhibited

Le reste du mobilier fut présenté lors de l'exposition Marie-Antoinette, une reine à Versailles, 25 octobre 2016 - 26 février 2017, Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo.



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Post lot text

A ROYAL LOUIS XVI CREAM-PAINTED ARMCHAIR, STAMPED BY GEORGES JACOB, SUPPLIED FOR THE PETIT APPARTEMENT DE LA REINE AT THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1788



Sale room notice

Le pied avant droit a été remplacé, probablement au XIXe siècle.
The right front foot has been replaced, probably in the 19th Century.
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