Property from a Private Collection, Belgravia
A set of four Louis XVI giltwood fauteuils by Georges and Henri Jacob, late 18th century
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June 9, 01:10 PM GMT
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15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description
each stamped G.IACOB to the rear rail, one stamped H.JACOB to the front rail, covered in a later striped green velvet upholstery, re-gilt
Christie's, Paris, La Vie de Château, collection Jean-Louis Remilleux, 28 September 2015, lot 38;
Christie's, Paris, The Collector: Le Gout Francais, 29 November 2017, lot 225.
The elegance and quality of these four armchairs, adopting a shield-back and downswept padded arms and fluted tapering legs is a testament to the excellent craftsmanship emanating from the workshops of the celebrated Jacob dynasty in the late 18th century.
An almost identical set of four fauteuils, with the addition of friezes with overlapping quatrefoils to the seat rail and bottom of the backrest, was in the Comtesse Diane de Castellane collection, sold at Sotheby’s Monaco, 9 December 1995, lot 51.
Georges and Henri Jacob
Georges Jacob was arguably the most important menuisier active in Paris in the final decades of the Ancien Régime, and along with Jean-Baptiste Claude Sené was the principal supplier of seat furniture and console tables to the French court. He received the maître title in 1765, whilst Henri Jacob received it in 1779.
Henri Jacob was the cousin of Georges Jacob, and had his workshop in Rue de Bourbon-Villeneuve until 1799 and Rue de l'Echiquier until 1806. The 1815 Almanach du commerce de Paris, des departemens de l'empire francais et des principales villes du monde records Andry jeune as a Tapissier et Marchand de Meubles at no.14 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris, and also lists an Andry at Rue de l'Echiquier no.20.