A set of four Louis XVI wood fauteuils à la reine and a footstool, circa 1780, attributed to Georges Jacob
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the back and seat rail decorated with ribbon-tied oak branches, with a frieze of flowering interlacing, the armrests terminating in scrolling acanthus leaves, on tapering fluted legs, ending in hoof feet for the footstool, one pair upholstered in cut blue velvet, the other pair and the footstool upholstered in blue silk damask; (regilt)
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The armchairs: Height 38 1/8 in., width 27 1/2 in., depth 24 in. ; Haut. 97 cm, larg. 70 cm, prof. 61 cm
The footstool: Height 20 in., diam. 18 1/2 in. ; Haut. 51 cm, diam. 47 cm
The four armchairs:
Christie's, London, 10 December 2009, lot 580.
The footstool:
Robert and Mildred Bliss;
Joseph Alsop, Washington D.C., sold, Sotheby’s Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 18-19 April 1975, lot 246;
Christie's, New York, 22 October 2010, lot 408.
Georges Jacob, menuisier, received master 4 September 1765.
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