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Lot Essay
The stamp is that of François-Honoré-Georges and George II Jacob between 1803-1813.
These six chairs formed part of a large suite of seat furniture which is recorded in an inventory drawn up after Lafitte's death on June 4, 1844:
en meuble de salon du temps de l'Empire en acajou avec ornements en bronze dore recouvert de satin couleur café au lait composes de:
--deux canapés
--huit fauteuils
--six chaises garnies
--deux chaises à dossier en acajou
prise 800
Jacques Lafitte was born in Bayonne in 1767. First a notary's clerk and then an associate of the banker, Perregaux, he later became a governor of the Banque de France and president of the conseil et ministère des finances. He lived first in a hôtel in the rue Chaussee d'Antin and subsequently in the former hôtel of the banker Laborde. He also owned the Château de Maisons outside of Paris. His collections subsequently passed to his daughter, the princesse Ney who was married to one of Napoleon's most famous generals.
These six chairs formed part of a large suite of seat furniture which is recorded in an inventory drawn up after Lafitte's death on June 4, 1844:
en meuble de salon du temps de l'Empire en acajou avec ornements en bronze dore recouvert de satin couleur café au lait composes de:
--deux canapés
--huit fauteuils
--six chaises garnies
--deux chaises à dossier en acajou
prise 800
Jacques Lafitte was born in Bayonne in 1767. First a notary's clerk and then an associate of the banker, Perregaux, he later became a governor of the Banque de France and president of the conseil et ministère des finances. He lived first in a hôtel in the rue Chaussee d'Antin and subsequently in the former hôtel of the banker Laborde. He also owned the Château de Maisons outside of Paris. His collections subsequently passed to his daughter, the princesse Ney who was married to one of Napoleon's most famous generals.