A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD MARQUISES (' FAUTEUILS D'ANGLE ') BY GEORGES JACOB CIRCA 1784 Each with a curved back, the top rail centred with two entwined ribbons, one carved with roses the other with sheaves of wheat, issuing laurel branches, the back further carved with acanthus tips and beading, the scrolling arms surmounted with pomegranate finials, the scrolling arms carved with leaf tips and beading to the scrolling section, chute de piastre with scrolling terminals and poppies carved to each side, with fluted baluster supports carved with beading and laurel leaves, the curved front rail flanked by rosettes and canted mille-raies panels, on tapering and conformingly decorated legs on toupie feet, upholstered in red silk velvet, each stamped 'G. JACOB', and numbered '2224', later gilded 35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high; 30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) wide; 26 ½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep Provenance From a set of eight ' fauteuils d'angle' by Georges Jacob delivered in 1784 to Marie-Josephine-Louise, Comtesse de Provence, for the Pavillon de Musique of the château de Montreuil.
A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD MARQUISES (' FAUTEUILS D'ANGLE ') BY GEORGES JACOB CIRCA 1784 Each with a curved back, the top rail centred with two entwined ribbons, one carved with roses the other with sheaves of wheat, issuing laurel branches, the back further carved with acanthus tips and beading, the scrolling arms surmounted with pomegranate finials, the scrolling arms carved with leaf tips and beading to the scrolling section, chute de piastre with scrolling terminals and poppies carved to each side, with fluted baluster supports carved with beading and laurel leaves, the curved front rail flanked by rosettes and canted mille-raies panels, on tapering and conformingly decorated legs on toupie feet, upholstered in red silk velvet, each stamped 'G. JACOB', and numbered '2224', later gilded 35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high; 30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) wide; 26 ½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep Provenance From a set of eight ' fauteuils d'angle' by Georges Jacob delivered in 1784 to Marie-Josephine-Louise, Comtesse de Provence, for the Pavillon de Musique of the château de Montreuil.
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