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A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND GRAY-PAINTED CANAPE
BY GEORGES JACOB CIRCA 1785
The shaped top rail with laurel-leaf and berry cresting centered by a shell surmounted by a floral garland above a scrolling acanthus leaf volute flanked by further garlands, above a padded back and seat upholstered in taupe velvet, the arms modeled as lyres surmounted by eagle heads with rope and stiff-leaf embellished uprights with scrolling ribbon-tied sides centered by a flowerhead, the seat rail carved with chutes de piastres, on tapering baluster-turned and stop-fluted legs headed by rosettes with toupie feet, with two loose cushions and two bolster cushions, stamped 'G. IACOB'
41 3/4 in. (106 cm.) high, 75 in. (190 cm.) wide, 24 1/2 in. ( 62 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
Details
A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND GRAY-PAINTED CANAPE
BY GEORGES JACOB CIRCA 1785
The shaped top rail with laurel-leaf and berry cresting centered by a shell surmounted by a floral garland above a scrolling acanthus leaf volute flanked by further garlands, above a padded back and seat upholstered in taupe velvet, the arms modeled as lyres surmounted by eagle heads with rope and stiff-leaf embellished uprights with scrolling ribbon-tied sides centered by a flowerhead, the seat rail carved with chutes de piastres, on tapering baluster-turned and stop-fluted legs headed by rosettes with toupie feet, with two loose cushions and two bolster cushions, stamped 'G. IACOB'
41 3/4 in. (106 cm.) high, 75 in. (190 cm.) wide, 24 1/2 in. ( 62 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
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