Lot Essay
Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.
Conceived in the 'Louis XVI' or 'antique' style of the late 18th Century, these console tables relate to the designs for furniture by Jean-Louis Prieur. The ribbon-tied floral swags are particularly close to ornaments in his designs for seat-furniture which Prieur executed for the Royal Palace in Warsaw in 1765-1766 (S. Eriksen, Early Neoclassicism in France, London, 1974, pl. 411-414).
The guilloche-carving and central roundel of the stretcher are similar to that of two consoles, one attributed to, one stamped by Jacob, from the Property of Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge, sold from the Dodge Collection in these Rooms, 24 June 1971, lot 78-80.
Conceived in the 'Louis XVI' or 'antique' style of the late 18th Century, these console tables relate to the designs for furniture by Jean-Louis Prieur. The ribbon-tied floral swags are particularly close to ornaments in his designs for seat-furniture which Prieur executed for the Royal Palace in Warsaw in 1765-1766 (S. Eriksen, Early Neoclassicism in France, London, 1974, pl. 411-414).
The guilloche-carving and central roundel of the stretcher are similar to that of two consoles, one attributed to, one stamped by Jacob, from the Property of Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge, sold from the Dodge Collection in these Rooms, 24 June 1971, lot 78-80.