ONE ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGES JABOB, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
ONE ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGES JABOB, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE OTHER FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with rounded rectangular inverted breakfront white marble top, above a bead and laurel-carved frieze with husk-filled fluting, the foliate-wrapped stop-fluted turned tapering legs joined by concave-fronted stretchers decorated with entrelacs, centered by a pine cone finial and terminating in toupie feet, one console table stencilled 'N' and repeatedly stamped 'B', the other with green-bordered paper label numbered '38', the marble tops later
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high [one] and 33¾ in. (86.5 cm.) high [the other]; each 44¾ in. (113.5 cm.) wide; 20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The elegant proportions and, more specifically, the chandelle-filled flutes and pearl-decorated edges as well as the intricately-carved concave-fronted stretchers are typical for the oeuvre of Georges Jacob (1739-1814), perhaps the foremost maître menuisier of the 18th century. A slightly larger giltwood console table but with almost identical elaborately carved frieze, legs and stretchers and bearing Georges Jacob's stamp was sold from the collection of Anna Thomson Dodge, Christie's London, 24 June 1971, lot 78.

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