Apparat Armchair In Golden Carved Wood Stamped Georges Jacob Consulate Period

Apparat armchair in carved and gilded wood Stamped Georges JACOB from the 18th Consulate Period. Curved and molded square backrest, armrests with cuffs mounted in a cylinder ending in a flowerette that can be found on the belt. Turned armrests carved with lotus flowers and wreaths. It rests on saber feet at the back, and at the front on feet sculpted with water leaves at their base and at the level of the belt. The armchair is covered with an elegant blue silk enhanced with floral frieze braid, old-fashioned upholstery in perfect condition. We can see an old trace of a crown iron on the rear cross member that we wanted to erase by planing it, which does not allow us to identify its origin. The G. JACOB stamp is also on the Georges JACOB rear cross member. 1739-1814), received Master on September 4, 1765, he is the most famous and the most creative of all 18th century carpenters. Arrived in Paris in 1755 he was a companion with Louis DELANOIS, promoter of the neoclassical style which exerted an influence on the models of Georges JACOB. He was the supplier of the Furniture Guard of the Crown until the Revolution, his clientele is the most illustrious with at his head Marie Antoinette, the King and the Royal Family, in particular the Count of Provence future King Louis XVIII, the Count dÁrtois future Charles X, Prince ´de Condé, the Duke of Penthièvre and foreign courts‍