A SET OF 4 LARGE PAINTED FAUTEUILS "EN CABRIOLET"
A SET OF 4 LARGE PAINTED FAUTEUILS "EN CABRIOLET"
Louis XVI, signed G. IACOB (Georges Jacob, maître 1765), Paris, ca. 1770.
Beech, fluted and opulently carved with garlands, pearl beading, rosettes and decorative frieze, and painted white/light blue. Light grey silk cover, partly damaged.
60 × 53 × 45 × 95 cm.
Provenance:
- La Vieille Fontaine, Lausanne.
- Suisse romande private collection.
G. Jacob is the founder of the probably most important dynasty of seating furniture manufacturers of the late 18th century.
Literature: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 409-434 (biographical information). D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXe siècle, Paris 1989; p. 267 (biographical information). J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1976; I, pp. 193-196 and 213 (biographical information). B.G.B. Pallot, Le mobilier du Musée du Louvre, Dijon 1993; II, pp. 194-196 (biographical information). C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Suffolk 1981; p. 37 (biographical information).
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A SET OF 4 LARGE PAINTED FAUTEUILS "EN CABRIOLET"
Louis XVI, signed G. IACOB (Georges Jacob, maître 1765), Paris, ca. 1770.
Beech, fluted and opulently carved with garlands, pearl beading, rosettes and decorative frieze, and painted white/light blue. Light grey silk cover, partly damaged.
60 × 53 × 45 × 95 cm.
Provenance:
- La Vieille Fontaine, Lausanne.
- Suisse romande private collection.
G. Jacob is the founder of the probably most important dynasty of seating furniture manufacturers of the late 18th century.
Literature: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 409-434 (biographical information). D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXe siècle, Paris 1989; p. 267 (biographical information). J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1976; I, pp. 193-196 and 213 (biographical information). B.G.B. Pallot, Le mobilier du Musée du Louvre, Dijon 1993; II, pp. 194-196 (biographical information). C. Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Suffolk 1981; p. 37 (biographical information).
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