Georges Jacob and Jacob Desmalter, Important Empire-period stamped console table.

Large Empire period mahogany and mahogany veneer console table, stamped Jacob. D. Rue Meslée , a partnership between Georges Jacob and his son François Honoré Georges Jacob Desmalter between 1803 and 1813.
This model, with its console legs and leonine claws, although frequently adopted under Louis XVI for mantelpieces, first appeared at the beginning of the Consulate.
At that time, the whole of Paris was Etruscan, and the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the mid-18th century accelerated this taste for Antiquity.
While retaining the style's distinctive and recognizable attributes, this large, elegant console table features two uprights, each beginning with a generous scroll carved with foliage, palmettes and a central rosette.
A large drawer, lined with maple veneer, adorns the waistband.
Superb leonine claw feet at the front and pilaster jambs at the back.
Beautiful turquoise-gray marble with triple grooves, rare enough to be highlighted.

This remarkable model of cabinetmaking, both powerful and sober, was created by the Jacob brothers (Jacob.Frères rue Meslée between 1796 and 1803) at the very beginning of the Consulate.
After the elder brother's death, Georges Jacob and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob Desmalter continued to produce this model under the name "Jacob-Desmalter et Cie" between 1803 and 1813.

Several listed consoles by this family of cabinetmakers have a similar composition:
- a very similar console in carved and gilded wood delivered in 1810 to the Duc de Frioul, at the Tuileries.Illustrated in: Le Mobilier de Versailles, chefs d'œuvre du XIXe siècle, JP Samoyault éditions Faton, page 121.
-Several similar consoles delivered by Jacob-Desmalter and Georges Jacob are illustrated and detailed in Jean-Pierre Samoyault's "Le mobilier français Consulat et Empire", page 215, figures 370, 371 and 373.

- a pair of very similar consoles, also stamped, sold at Sotheby's, New York, October 22, 2005, lot 103.
- an identical, smaller console, stamped Jacob Frères rue Meslée, sold at Artcurial on December 15, 2009, lot 134.
- a pair of very similar consoles, sold at Aguttes on May 25, 2015, lot 300.

Good condition.

Stamped JACOB D RUE MESLÉE (1803-1813).
Faded stamp, photographed under low-angled light.

Empire period.

DIMENSIONS
Length: 147cm
Width: 52cm
Height: 96cm

George II Jacob and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob, known as Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841), both sons of Georges Jacob, took over their father's workshops following the latter's bankruptcy in 1796. In 1803, following the death of his elder brother Georges II Jacob, the Jacob-Frères company name came to an end. Georges Jacob père (1739-1814) returned to business in partnership with his second son. Between 1803 and 1813, under the name Jacob-Desmalter, they continued to be the most important suppliers of cabinetry and seating, helping to furnish the main imperial residences.
In addition to these prestigious commissions from the Garde-Meuble, they maintained close ties with a wealthy French and European clientele, for whom they designed some of the finest pieces of furniture of the time in their rue Meslée workshop.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Mobilier Français Consulat et Empire, JP Samoyault, éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo.
- Jacob et son temps, Michel Beurdeley, éditions Monelle Hayot.
- Le Mobilier de Versailles, chefs d'œuvre du XIXe siècle, JP Samoyault, éditions Faton.

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