A SET OF EIGHT NEOCLASSICAL PARCEL PAINTED MAHOGANY CHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGES JACOB |

the backrest with an Athenian motif, the headband painted with a putti frieze in the style of Piat-Joseph Sauvage (1744-1818)

The photograph is quite accurate. The chairs are sound and sturdy, despite some inevitable marks and scratches in places due to age and use. The gilding with scattered wear. Some upper bands of the backrests with small chips and stains throughout the putti painting. Cover in good condition. Very nice suite in good overall condition.
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Several identical chairs stamped by Georges Jacob are known to us, including a set of four, auction Christie's Monaco, former Boisgelin collection, 8 December 1990, lot 133. The Athenian motif on the backrest is recurrent in his production. It is also found on a pair of chairs illustrated in L. Groër, Les Decorative Arts de 1790 à 1850, Paris, 1985, p. 23. All the other known models do not have a painted decor on the backrest rail, although we find it on others by this carpenter like a pair of armchairs housed in the Marmottan Museum, Paris.