ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1775, THE UPHOLSTERY SUPPLIED BY PETER MARINO ARCHITECT

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CHAISES
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1775, THE UPHOLSTERY SUPPLIED BY PETER MARINO ARCHITECT
Each with tapering back and bowed seat with ribbon and beaded-carved frame on fluted tapering legs, the back and seat covered in embroidered cream silk

Provenance

Supplied by Peter Marino Architect, New York.

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Lot Essay

Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.
Although unstamped, these elegant chaises are likely to be the work of Georges Jacob, one of the most accomplished menuisiers of the Louis XVI period, as the distinctively scooped interior of the seat-rails is a particular leitmotif of his oeuvre.

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