A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CANAPES

EACH STAMPED 'G. IACOB', CIRCA 1785

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CANAPES
EACH STAMPED 'G. IACOB', CIRCA 1785
Each with the rectangular back, sides and squab-cushion covered in silk with polychorme floral wreaths centered by ruin landscapes on a cream ground, the toprail with husk-trails and pearling flanked by fruiting finials and above the lappeted and foliate down-swept arms and bowed seat with husk-trails on chandelle-filled fluted turned tapering legs headed by foliate caps, stamped to the underside of the back seat-rail, regilt
56 in. (142 cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.

A suite of white-painted and parcel-gilt seat-furniture with closely related canapés was sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 2 November 2000, lot 188.

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