Jacob Frères Provenance Royal, Fauteuil à l'Etrusque En Acajou Palais Des Tuileries d'Epoque Directo

Jacob Frères Provenance Royal, Etruscan mahogany armchair Palais Des Tuileries

Directoire Period (1796 - 1803)

Superb Directoire Period Mahogany and Mahogany Veneer Armchair, resting on Baluster Anterior Legs and Sabre Posterior Legs.

This Armchair with Reversed Backrest is upholstered with a Suede Top in Havana Tones with Passementerie finish. The Armrests end in Rolls topped with Palmettes. Column Armrest Support. Good seating. Good stability.

Mobilier de Château, Provenance Royale, du Palais des Tuileries, de Très Grande Qualité d'Exécution, Double Marque au Feu de l'Inventaire du Château des Tuileries et Estampée JACOB Frères (1796 - 1803), Célèbre et Renommée, Assocation des Frères JACOB Fils de Georges JACOB, Georges II (1768-1803) et François-Honoré-Georges (1770-1841).

In the company they ran together until the end of the Consulate, the elder (Georges II Jacob) was in charge of commercial administration and the younger (François-Honoré-Georges) of technical matters. François-Honoré-Georges called himself Jacob-Desmalter, after a property his father owned in Burgundy. On his return from Italy, General Bonaparte commissioned the Jacob brothers to furnish his bedroom on the Rue Chantereine with a curious set of military furniture, the bed simulating a tent and the seats drums. Later, the First Consul called on the same cabinetmakers to refurnish the former royal residences devastated by the Revolution. Having previously produced works of very restrained taste, valued above all for their character and purity of style, the Jacobs began to make pieces more richly adorned with carvings and bronzes. Sometimes they also enhanced them with colored wood inlays and porcelain bas-reliefs imitating Wedgwood cookies. They were awarded a gold medal at the expolistion of Year IX, where they presented two commodes decorated with cameos. They outdid themselves at the following year's competition. Their shipment included, among other pieces, several incense-burner tripods and a sumptuous console in carved and gilded wood, covered with an Italian mosaic.

Royal provenance, late 18th century Directoire period.

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Dimensions :

Height: 89 cm

Width: 59 cm

Depth: 66 cm

Seat height: 45 cm

In good condition, with wear and maintenance restorations.

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