A LOUIS XVI GILT WALNUT CANAPE

BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI GILT WALNUT CANAPE
BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1775
Carved overall with piastres, leaf-tip and beading, the crestrail with a central foliate clasp issuing trailing roses, covered in pale blue silk damask, stamped G.IACOB to rear center underside rail
67 in. wide (170 cm.)

Provenance

Bernard J. Reilly; Christie's, New York, 16-18 November 1999, lot 622.
Acquired from The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.

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Lot Essay

Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.

Jacob established his workshop initially in the rue du Cléry, and from around 1755 in the rue Meslée, becoming the most widely-known and prolific menuisier of the period. From 1773 he supplied the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, for both the King and Marie-Antoinette, and other principle members of the Royal family. In particular he supplied work for Fontainebleau, Versailles and Saint-Cloud. After the Revolution his style developed towards the neo-classical and Empire, joining his sons in business as Jacob Frères.

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