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Lot 1THE COLLECTION OF ADOLPHUS ANDREWS, JR. AND EMILY TAYLOR ANDREWS
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CHAISES
BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1780
Closed18 June 2024
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USD 5,000–8,000
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Georges Jacob, maître in 1765.
The most famous and the most prolific of all eighteenth-century French chair makers, Georges Jacob (1739-1814) produced an incalculable quantity of chairs of all types and styles from the reign of Louis XV until the Consulat. From 1773 until the revolution, Jacob worked continuously for the royal family, furnishing the main royal residences including Versailles and undertaking many commissions for members of the royal court. Although Jacob was particularly concerned with detail and ensuring that each of his sets remained unique, he did reuse signature motifs, such as the lyre form, adapting them many times to new creations. He retired in 1796, leaving his five sons to continue his business, which they did until 1813 when the firm, by then called Jacob-Desmalter & Co., went into administration.
The most famous and the most prolific of all eighteenth-century French chair makers, Georges Jacob (1739-1814) produced an incalculable quantity of chairs of all types and styles from the reign of Louis XV until the Consulat. From 1773 until the revolution, Jacob worked continuously for the royal family, furnishing the main royal residences including Versailles and undertaking many commissions for members of the royal court. Although Jacob was particularly concerned with detail and ensuring that each of his sets remained unique, he did reuse signature motifs, such as the lyre form, adapting them many times to new creations. He retired in 1796, leaving his five sons to continue his business, which they did until 1813 when the firm, by then called Jacob-Desmalter & Co., went into administration.