A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SEAT-FURNITURE COVERED IN SATIN BRODE AUX INDES

CIRCA 1780, EACH FAUTEUIL STAMPED G IACOB ONCE, THE CANAPE STAMPED TWICE

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A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SEAT-FURNITURE COVERED IN SATIN BRODE AUX INDES
Circa 1780, each fauteuil stamped G Iacob once, the canape stamped twice
En suite with the previous lot, comprising a pair of fauteuils and a canape with oval shaped back with musical trophy and floral garland-carved cresting, the padded back, seat and arms covered in cream satin embroidered with animals in a wooded landscape representing the Fables de la Fontaine, depicting a Deer and Dogs, within acanthus-leaf carved arms, above similarly carved tapering stop-fluted legs headed by paterae ending in toupie feet, redecorated, the embroidery rebacked; the canape, with upholstered sides and loose cushion seat, depicting a hunting scene after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, the frame with painted mark R.MA and ink inscription Ed de Rothschild and a paper label inscribed Grand Salon bleu (3)

Provenance

By repute, Baron James Mayer de Rothschild (1792-1868)
His son, Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905)
Baron Edouard de Rothschild, Avenue Foch, Paris.
A distinguished private collection, sold Christie's 23 October 1998, lot 123 (the suite).

Lot Essay

Georges Jacob, maitre in 1765

It seems likely that the label on the canapé in this suite relates to the hôtel of Baron James Mayer de Rothschild, the founder of the Parisian branch of the Rothschild family who died in 1868 in his hôtel on 19 rue Lafitte. It is interesting to note that there were two blue salons in this hôtel.

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