Lot Essay
A closely related suite by Henri Jacob was sold at the Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 March 1988, lot 127, and illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, 1989, pp. 436-437.
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO HENRI JACOB
Each with rectangular back, padded arms and bowed seat covered in yellow and cream-striped cotton, with in a stiff-leaf carved frame, the arms with spiral-fluted uprights, on fluted tapering legs headed by paterae and reeded panels
Henri Jacob, maître in 1779 (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO HENRI JACOB
Each with rectangular back, padded arms and bowed seat covered in yellow and cream-striped cotton, with in a stiff-leaf carved frame, the arms with spiral-fluted uprights, on fluted tapering legs headed by paterae and reeded panels
Henri Jacob, maître in 1779 (2)