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Lot Essay
Georges Jacob (1739-1814), maître in 1765.
This elegant rotating desk chair is closely related to the fauteuil de toilette executed by Jacob circa 1770 probably for the Comtesse du Barry at the Petit Trianon, which also bears the brand of Marie-Antoinette's Garde-Meuble (inv.OA6553). A feauteuil de bureau of this same model, with rosette-headed pieds en console, caned back and circular seat fitted with an ingenious swivelling mechanism, stamped Jacob, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 422. Jacob usually hollowed out the inside of the seat-rails of his chairs, making them lighter but maintaining strength and stability. This characterictic construction, visible to the underside of the present fauteuil, differs from most of his contemporaries. Several closely-related examples have sold including, Christie's house sale, Godmersham Park, 6-9 June 1983, lot 192; Couturier-Nicolay, Paris, 20 October 1983, lot 65; Christie's, Paris, 23 June 2005, lot 480; and more recently Christie's, London 9 June 2011, lot 8 (£16,250).
This elegant rotating desk chair is closely related to the fauteuil de toilette executed by Jacob circa 1770 probably for the Comtesse du Barry at the Petit Trianon, which also bears the brand of Marie-Antoinette's Garde-Meuble (inv.OA6553). A feauteuil de bureau of this same model, with rosette-headed pieds en console, caned back and circular seat fitted with an ingenious swivelling mechanism, stamped Jacob, is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 422. Jacob usually hollowed out the inside of the seat-rails of his chairs, making them lighter but maintaining strength and stability. This characterictic construction, visible to the underside of the present fauteuil, differs from most of his contemporaries. Several closely-related examples have sold including, Christie's house sale, Godmersham Park, 6-9 June 1983, lot 192; Couturier-Nicolay, Paris, 20 October 1983, lot 65; Christie's, Paris, 23 June 2005, lot 480; and more recently Christie's, London 9 June 2011, lot 8 (£16,250).