BY JACOB FRERES, CIRCA 1805-1815

In the neo-gothic style, this set of seat-furniture features the quatrefoil on the back splat, also found on other neo-gothic models by Jacob Frères, including: a single chair, circa 1805, stamped 'Jacob D.R. Meslee', sold Christie’s, New York, 24 September 1998, lot 60, and an armchair, stamped 'Jacob, rue Meslee', sold Ader Picard, 10 June 1966, lot 86. Further gothic examples by the firm are illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Francais du XIXe Siecle 1795-1889, Paris, 1989, p. 289, and Leon de Groer, Les Arts decoratifs de 1790 a 1850, Fribourg, 1985, p. 225, fig. 432. A neo-gothic armchair sold 'Le Gout Steinitz, II', Christie's, Paris, 14 November 2007, lot 46 (54,250 Euros inc. premium).