Lot Essay
Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD MARQUISES
CIRCA 1780, EACH STAMPED G. JACOB ONCE AND B.C. FOUR TIMES
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD MARQUISES
Circa 1780, each stamped G. Jacob once and B.C. four times
Each with a stiff-leaf and beaded rectangular upholstered back, with padded arms with guilloche carved scrolled terminals leading to acanthus-decorated supports on fluted blocks, with a loose cushion to the seat, upholstered in a pale blue silk damask, raised on rosette capped stop-fluted turned tapering legs, regilt (2)
Circa 1780, each stamped G. Jacob once and B.C. four times
Each with a stiff-leaf and beaded rectangular upholstered back, with padded arms with guilloche carved scrolled terminals leading to acanthus-decorated supports on fluted blocks, with a loose cushion to the seat, upholstered in a pale blue silk damask, raised on rosette capped stop-fluted turned tapering legs, regilt (2)
Provenance
By descent in the family of Georges Jacob.
Anonymous sale, Jean-Louis Picard, Lucien Solanet, Paris, 10 December 1993, lot 161.
Anonymous sale, Jean-Louis Picard, Lucien Solanet, Paris, 10 December 1993, lot 161.