An Empire style green-painted, parcel-giltwood and mahogany throne chair

AFTER THE MODEL BY FRANCOIS-HONORE-GEORGES JACOB-DESMALTER, FROM A DESIGN BY PERCIER, FONTAINE AND CARTELLIER, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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An Empire style green-painted, parcel-giltwood and mahogany throne chair
After the model by Francois-Honore-Georges Jacob-Desmalter, From a design by Percier, Fontaine and Cartellier, Late 19th Century
Upholstered in green and white velvet, with circular padded back with laurel-carved frame, the front and reverse centred by a lyre within a laurel wreath, with similarly-upholstered seat centred by a rosette, with rounded anthemia-carved apron, the padded and panelled arms with star-studded sphere finials, supported on Herculean chimera monopodiae, with square panelled foliate-inset rear legs

Lot Essay

The design for this chair relates to that of the fauteuil du Trône supplied by Jacob-Desmalter, for the salle du Trône of Napoleon I at the Palais de Saint-Cloud in 1804. Based on designs by Percier and Fontaine, the original chair was constructed of gilt walnut, with the spheroid finials being of ivory, and with the Herculean chimera monopodiae cast in gilt-bronze after models by Cartellier - rather than carved in wood, as in this copy.

A pair of similar armchairs sold Christie's East, 26 September 2000, lot 260 ($41,125).

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