Lot Essay
Jacob Frères, Rue Meslée, was the stamp used by Georges II Jacob and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob, the sons of Georges Jacob, during their collaboration from 1797-1803.
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BY JACOB FRERES, CIRCA 1800
Details
A CONSULAT ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY COMMODE A VANTAUX
BY JACOB FRERES, CIRCA 1800
With rectangular rouge griotte marble top, above two rectangular doors, mounted with a central torchere cast with rams' heads and enclosing three long drawers, the angles with pilasters headed by Egyptian busts on a plinth base, stamped 'JACOB FRERES RUE MESLEE'
37 in. (94 cm.) high, 55 ½ in. (141 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
BY JACOB FRERES, CIRCA 1800
With rectangular rouge griotte marble top, above two rectangular doors, mounted with a central torchere cast with rams' heads and enclosing three long drawers, the angles with pilasters headed by Egyptian busts on a plinth base, stamped 'JACOB FRERES RUE MESLEE'
37 in. (94 cm.) high, 55 ½ in. (141 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Provenance
Property from the Collection of Henry P. McIlhenny, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia; Christie's, New York, 20 May 1987, lot 89.
Literature
CF: Bizot Mobilier Directoire and Empire, pp. 58-59.
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