Lot Essay
This stamp was employed Georges II Jacob (d. 1803) and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob (d. 1841) between 1796 and 1803.
A centre table of identical design with gilt masks and hooves is illustrated in C. Bizot, Mobilier Directoire Empire, Paris, p. 9, while a further example was sold from the Donald M. Munson Collection in these Rooms, 4 May 1995, lot 303. Such guéridons enjoyed enduring popularity, as a pair of jardinières of similar form with satyr-mask monopodiae was commissioned in Paris by the King of Westphalia in 1809 from Bernard Molitor (U.Leben, Molitor, Luxembourg, 1995, 153b).
A centre table of identical design with gilt masks and hooves is illustrated in C. Bizot, Mobilier Directoire Empire, Paris, p. 9, while a further example was sold from the Donald M. Munson Collection in these Rooms, 4 May 1995, lot 303. Such guéridons enjoyed enduring popularity, as a pair of jardinières of similar form with satyr-mask monopodiae was commissioned in Paris by the King of Westphalia in 1809 from Bernard Molitor (U.Leben, Molitor, Luxembourg, 1995, 153b).