A SUITE OF EMPIRE MAHOGANY SEAT FURNITURE

BY JACOB FRRES RUE MESLE

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A SUITE OF EMPIRE MAHOGANY SEAT FURNITURE
By Jacob Frres Rue Mesle
Comprising eight fauteuils and one canap, each with outscrolled back, arm supports and padded seat upholstered with floral and foliate needlework with green and ivory fringe, the arms terminating in dolphins, above slightly splayed legs, Four fauteuils stamped 'JACOB FRERES RUE MESLEE' to the front-rail, minor restorations, one back leg spliced, two back legs replaced, the sofa with one back leg spliced, variations in construction
The sofa: 77 in. (195.5 cm.) wide (9)

Literature

Y. Brunhammer, M. de Fayet, Meubles et Ensembles Epoque Directoire et Empire, Paris, p.25.

Lot Essay

The stamp 'JACOB FRERES RUE MESLEE' was used by Georges II Jacob (1768-1803) and his brother Franois-Honor-Georges (1770-1841), between 1796 and 1803. In 1803, when Georges II died, the father Georges Jacob, who had handed over the running of his firm to his sons in 1796, re-entered in partnership with his son Franois-Honor-Georges and stamped their work 'JACOB.D.R.MESLEE'. A related pair of Restauration bergres from a suite of furniture with scrolled dolphins arms was sold anonymously Sotheby's Monaco, 12 December 1998, lot 93.

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