BY JACOB FRERES, RUE MESLEE, PARIS, CIRCA 1800

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A CONSULAT BRASS-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY GUERIDON
BY JACOB FRERES, RUE MESLEE, PARIS, CIRCA 1800
The circular bleu turguin marble top above three baluster-shaped supports and central shaft, the concave-sided tripod base with castors, with old paper label inscribed 'DB 1828', stamped 'JACOB FRERES/ RUE MESLEE', the marble replaced
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Hôtel Eugène de Beauharnais, 78 Rue de Lille, Paris.
Acquired from Fabius Frères Antiquaires, Paris, in 1960, by the family of the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present gueridon was executed by the firm of Jacob Frères, Rue Meslée, the two sons of the celebrated menuisier Georges Jacob (d.1814), Georges II Jacob (d.1803) and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob (d.1841) during their collaboration from 1796-1803.
A virtually identical gueridon, with variation only to the marble top, was supplied to Impératrice Joséphine and is in the collections of the Malmaison (and reproduced here).

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