Lot Essay
A closely related suite by Henri Jacob was sold Maison Drouot, Paris, 9 March 1988, lot 127, and illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, 1989, pp. 436-7.
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A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED SEAT FURNITURE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED H JACOB TWICE
Comprising a canapé and pair of fauteuils à la reine, each with rectangular back, padded arms and bowed seat with loose cushions covered in pink cut velvet, the back with fluted uprights and melon finials, on fluted tapering legs headed by rosettes-the canapé 60½in. (154cm.) wide
Henri Jacob, maître in 1779 (3)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED H JACOB TWICE
Comprising a canapé and pair of fauteuils à la reine, each with rectangular back, padded arms and bowed seat with loose cushions covered in pink cut velvet, the back with fluted uprights and melon finials, on fluted tapering legs headed by rosettes-the canapé 60½in. (154cm.) wide
Henri Jacob, maître in 1779 (3)