Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Property from an Important Private Collection, Texas
Lot closes
October 16, 06:28 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Starting Bid
14,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
covered in green-embroidered pale pink stripe silk; each stamped G.IACOB
height 38 1/4 in.; width 27 in.; depth 21 in.
97 cm; 68.5 cm; 53.5 cm
Georges Jacob (1739-1814), maître in 1765
A set of two bergères and eight fauteuils by Jacob of identical model was acquired by the French Mobilier National in 1863; one fauteuil was transferred to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris in 1953, and the bergères and six fauteuils were sent to Trianon-sous-Bois at Versailles in 1968 for the salon du général de Gaulle on the first floor. Now parcel gilt and bronzed, one fauteuil is illustrated in Jean-Jacques Gautier, Sièges en Société, Mobilier National, Paris 2017, p.181.
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