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Lot Essay
Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.
The château de Château-Neuf-sur-Loire was originally built by the architect Mansart at the end of the 17th century. Initially owned by the Philippeaux de la Vrillière family, it was later purchased from the Rohan-Guéménée family by Louis Jean-Marie de Bourbon, the duc de Penthièvre and grandson of Louis XIV. He also purchased the contents of the château for the considerable sum of 50,000 livres.
As in his other residences, he ordered ébénisterie and mobilier from his favourite craftsmen such as Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, from whom he ordered at least a commode and a table, and Georges Jacob, for instance a bergere which appeared on the art market in Paris (sold 18 march 1981, lot 231). The furnishings of the château were seized at the Revolution, sent initially to Tours and then to Paris where they were sold without reserve, which was the case with a commode now in the Musée du Louvre.
The château de Château-Neuf-sur-Loire was originally built by the architect Mansart at the end of the 17th century. Initially owned by the Philippeaux de la Vrillière family, it was later purchased from the Rohan-Guéménée family by Louis Jean-Marie de Bourbon, the duc de Penthièvre and grandson of Louis XIV. He also purchased the contents of the château for the considerable sum of 50,000 livres.
As in his other residences, he ordered ébénisterie and mobilier from his favourite craftsmen such as Roger Vandercruse, known as Lacroix, from whom he ordered at least a commode and a table, and Georges Jacob, for instance a bergere which appeared on the art market in Paris (sold 18 march 1981, lot 231). The furnishings of the château were seized at the Revolution, sent initially to Tours and then to Paris where they were sold without reserve, which was the case with a commode now in the Musée du Louvre.