Lot Essay
Georges Jacob, maître in 1765
BY GEORGES JACOB
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BANQUETTES
By Georges Jacob
Each with rectangular padded seat covered in ivory silk decorated with Chinoiserie figures and rusticated pagodas, the seat-rail carved with guilloche, on foliate-headed turned, tapering fluted legs joined by a guilloche-carved channelled stretcher and on foliate-headed toupie feet, with later gold paint and signs of earlier gilding, one stamped G. JACOB, variations in carving
38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep (2)
By Georges Jacob
Each with rectangular padded seat covered in ivory silk decorated with Chinoiserie figures and rusticated pagodas, the seat-rail carved with guilloche, on foliate-headed turned, tapering fluted legs joined by a guilloche-carved channelled stretcher and on foliate-headed toupie feet, with later gold paint and signs of earlier gilding, one stamped G. JACOB, variations in carving
38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep (2)