Lot 186
186
A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT AND BRONZED FAUTEUILS
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT AND BRONZED FAUTEUILS

BY GEORGES AND FRANÇOIS-HONORÉ-GEORGES JACOB, KNOWN AS JACOB DESMALTER, CIRCA 1810

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT AND BRONZED FAUTEUILS
BY GEORGES AND FRANÇOIS-HONORÉ-GEORGES JACOB, KNOWN AS JACOB DESMALTER, CIRCA 1810
Each with rectangular padded back and drop-in seat covered in green and gold striped silk, the back-scrolled uprights above winged griffin arms, on leaf-wrapped splayed legs terminating in similarly foliate-carved feet, each stamped 'JACOB.D./ RUE MESLEE', partially redecorated, originally with fixed seats
Provenance
Christie's, London, 7 July 2005, lot 449, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Both the scrolled backs and the bold carving of the wings of these splendid fauteuils feature in more or less identical form on the fauteuils supplied by Jacob-Desmalter for the chambre à coucher of Empress Joséphine in 1809. These arenow in the so-called Chambre de la Reine des Belges at the Grand Trianon, which was redecorated by Louis-Philippe in 1845 (D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Grand Trianon, Paris, 1975, p. 186).

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