Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from an Important Private Collection, Texas
Lot closes
October 16, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Starting Bid
10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
two stamped G.IACOB and twice IB with manuscript label Salon de M. Melin; one stamped G.IACOB and once IB with faded and rubbed manuscript label; one stamped twice IB with remnants of a label
height 37 1/4 in.; width 24 3/4 in.; depth 23 in.
94.5 cm; 63 cm; 58.5 cm
Georges Jacob (1739-1814), maître 1765
Partridge Fine Arts, London
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 often stamped his works G.IACOB, and the additional stamp IB is believed to be that of a woodcarver whom Jacob would have subcontracted to execute the highly refined sculptural decoration for which his workshop was renowned. It has been recorded on a few surviving works by Jacob including a console table supplied to the Comte d’Artois at Versailles (sold Christie’s Paris, 13 April 2017, lot 235, a set of four white and red painted fauteuils sold Christie’s Paris 13 December 2006, lot 310, and a set of four giltwood fauteuils in the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
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