Lot Essay
George (1739-1814) and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob (1770-1841) called Jacob-Desmalter employed this stamp between 1803 and 1813.
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BY JACOB-DESMALTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE MAHOGANY FAUTEUILS
BY JACOB-DESMALTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each covered in beige fabric, the toprail with foliate scroll terminals, the arms carved with floral husk-trails on stiff-leaf baluster arm-supports, the tapering baluster legs headed by lotus leaves and surmounted by paterae, each stamped JACOB D/ R.MESLEE
BY JACOB-DESMALTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each covered in beige fabric, the toprail with foliate scroll terminals, the arms carved with floral husk-trails on stiff-leaf baluster arm-supports, the tapering baluster legs headed by lotus leaves and surmounted by paterae, each stamped JACOB D/ R.MESLEE
Provenance
With Didier Aaron, Paris, September 1987.
Special notice
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