Lot 300
  • 300

A set of eighteen Directoire mahogany side chairs circa 1800, attributed to Henri Jacob

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Jacob maître in 1779
  • height 33 3/4 in.; width 17 3/4 in.
  • 86 cm; 35 cm
each with a rectangular open backrest centered by a vasiform splat pierced with an eight-spoke roundel, the seats upholstered in gilt-tooled tan leather, on turned tapered legs; with additional blue, rose, green and beige silk brocade slip covers for backs and seats.

Provenance

Galerie Renoncourt, Paris

Acquired from the above, 1984

Catalogue Note

A side chair (from a set of twenty-two) with identical vasiform splat and stamped by Henri Jacob is illustrated, P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIII Siècle, Paris, 2002, p. 479, fig. b.