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Read moreTHE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 214-215)
AN EMPIRE GILTWOOD PLIANT
BY GEORGES AND FRANÇOIS-HONORÉ-GEORGES JACOB, KNOWN AS JACOB- DESMALTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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AN EMPIRE GILTWOOD PLIANT
BY GEORGES AND FRANÇOIS-HONORÉ-GEORGES JACOB, KNOWN AS JACOB- DESMALTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY En suite with the preceding lot, the rectangular seat and squab cushion covered in red silk velvet decorated with silver and gold thread, on X-shaped supports centred by a patera and decorated with lotus leaves and palmettes, joined by turned stretchers, stamped 'JACOB D RUE MESLEE'
Provenance
Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1739-1844).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Lot Essay
George (1739-1814) and François-Honoré Georges Jacob (1770-1841) dit Jacob-Desmalter employed this stamp between 1863 and 1813
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