Lot Essay
The stamp Jacob D. Rue Meslée was used by François-Honoré-Georges Jacob, dit Jacob-Desmalter between 1803-1815, in collaboration with his father Georges Jacob (maître in 1765).
This secrétaire reveals the close relationship between Jacob-Desmalter and the architects Percier and Fontaine, who published their influential Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, Paris, in 1801.
A bureau à cylindre by Jacob-Frères with tapering legs related to the tapering columns of the lower section of this secrétaire à abattant and formerly in the Ruspoli Talleyrand Collection is illustrated in A. González-Palacios, 'Le Vendite Demidoff e Ruspoli Talleyrand', Arte Illustrata, 17/18 1969, p. 126 and 130, fig. 21 and 31, while a side cabinet by Jacob-Frères with related ormolu figures, from the same collection, is illustrated on p. 127, fig. 25
This secrétaire reveals the close relationship between Jacob-Desmalter and the architects Percier and Fontaine, who published their influential Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, Paris, in 1801.
A bureau à cylindre by Jacob-Frères with tapering legs related to the tapering columns of the lower section of this secrétaire à abattant and formerly in the Ruspoli Talleyrand Collection is illustrated in A. González-Palacios, 'Le Vendite Demidoff e Ruspoli Talleyrand', Arte Illustrata, 17/18 1969, p. 126 and 130, fig. 21 and 31, while a side cabinet by Jacob-Frères with related ormolu figures, from the same collection, is illustrated on p. 127, fig. 25