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PAIR OF CHAIRS in walnut, with an openwork arched backrest a…
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PAIR OF CHAIRS in walnut, with an openwork arched backrest a…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
PAIR OF CHAIRS in walnut, with an openwork arched backrest and a horseshoe-shaped seat with a rattan base (rear). Traces of a G. IACOB stamp on one of them.
Louis XVI period
H: 94 – W: 48 – D: 46 cm (woodworm holes, a crack at the back of one seat, reinforcement beneath the seat)
Georges Jacob was admitted as a master joiner in Paris on 4 September 1765.
A similar chair made around 1788 for the Tuileries is reproduced in Guillaume JANOT’s book *Les sièges*, Édition de l’Amateur, 1989, under no. 305
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