BY EITHER JACOB-DESMALTER OR PIERRE-BENOÎT MARCION, CIRCA 1810

Details

A EMPIRE GREY-PAINTED FAUTEUIL
BY EITHER JACOB-DESMALTER OR PIERRE-BENOÎT MARCION, CIRCA 1810
The rectangular back and bow-fronted seat covered in blue fabric, the channelled frame carved with berried laurel and flowerheads, the arms headed by shells and terminating in stylised acanthus scrolls, above baluster turned and leaf-wrapped supports, the rails centred by foliate wreaths flanked by stylised foliate branches, above baluster-turned and leaf-wrapped legs, branded 'FON' and with three crowned fleur-de-lys, and with blue stencilled number 'F-16179'
36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Château de Fontainebleau.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 2006, Lot 163.

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Lot Essay

The present fauteuil was almost certainly supplied to Fontainebleau circa 1804-1806 but cannot be attributed firmly to either of the two makers who supplied furniture to the château, Jacob-Desmalter and Marcion, since they worked in a very similar style and were producing exactly the same models.

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