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Suite of four sofas, ten armchairs and twelve chairs in carv…
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Suite of four sofas, ten armchairs and twelve chairs in carved and gilded wood, stamped JACOB D RUE MESLEE, from the grand salon of Jacques Laffitte's hotel in Paris, 1803-1813. With flat backs, lion's hock armrests, sabre feet and beaded double spindles. Decorated with laurel friezes, culottes, palmettes and rosettes. Seven chairs covered in silk embroidered with original silver thread. Stamped on three armchairs and seven chairs, label "Grand salon Monsieur Laffitte" on one armchair and "Monsieur Laffite salon doré" on two chairs, pencil inscription "Durozeau" on one armchair. H. 94 W. 48 D. 45 cm (chairs) H. 99 W. 65 D. 55 cm (armchairs) H. 98 W. 153 D. 70 cm (small sofas) H. 98 W. 188 D. 77 cm (large sofas) Georges Jacob and his son François-Honoré-Georges Jacob dit Desmalter, joiners on rue Meslée. François Durozeau, upholsterer merchant, rue de Cléry. Archival source: Arch. Nat, MC/ET/XXXIII/1156: Inventory after the death of Jacques Laffitte (4 June 1844) (fig.). Jacques Laffitte (1767-1744), of modest origins, entered the world of banking at the end of the reign of Louis XVI. He enjoyed a meteoric rise to the position of Governor of the Banque de France. He amassed a considerable personal fortune, which was nevertheless disrupted at the end of his career by a number of setbacks. He had to sell, but kept the prestigious set of chairs we are presenting, installed in the grand salon overlooking the garden of his Parisian hotel, the Hôtel Laffitte. For a suite of four similar chairs by JACOB D RUE MESLEE from the Tuileries, see: Piasa sale - Paris, 22 October 2008, lot 197. For a pair of chairs by Jacob Desmalter from Compiègne, also inscribed "Durozeau", see: Daguerre sale - Paris, 25 April 2025, lot 230. Expert: Mr DEROUINEAU Benoit.
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