Georges Jacob, Master in 1765 Four gilded wood armchairs from the Louis XV period, circa 1765-1770
Of museum quality, Louis XV armchairs stamped by Jacob are very rare. They exhibit the subtle curves characteristic of the late Louis XV period, along with sculpted decorations of small flowers and foliage. The most interesting examples are the simplest, with very elegant lines highlighted by fine, supple moldings that testify to Georges Jacob's great talent.
Une élégante et très rare série de quatre fauteuils en cabriolet, en hêtre doré, mouluré et finement sculpté de fleurettes, les supports d’accotoirs en coup de fouet, reposent sur des pieds cambrés.
Our Louis XV period armchairs are stamped by Georges Jacob, who became a Master in 1765.
Dimensions: Height 34.84 inches - Width 24.41 inches - Seat Depth 20.08 inches and Seat Height 15.75 inches.
These magnificent armchairs have been restored according to the highest standards. They are in excellent condition. The craftsmen—cabinetmaker, gilder, and upholsterer—have dedicated their skills to preserving these armchairs.
Beautiful upholstery work, our armchairs are newly covered in a magnificent floral fabric in red and yellow on an ivory background, adorned with wide trimmings.
Biography:
Georges Jacob (1739-1814) - Master on September 4, 1765.
He is the most famous and the most creative of all the cabinetmakers of the 18th century in France.
His rich clientele included the royal family.
Georges Jacob was born in 1739 in Cheny in the Burgundy region. Son of Etienne Jacob and Françoise Beaujan, ploughmen.
He arrived in Paris at a very young age in 1755 as an apprentice carpenter with Jean-Baptiste Lerouge, established on rue de Charenton. He then joined Louis Delanois, the supplier of Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, as a journeyman. The promoter of the neoclassical style in the seat, Delanois undoubtedly influenced Jacob's models.
Received master in 1765 thanks a small gilded wooden seat, Jacob then created his own workshop.
Two years later, he married Jeanne-Germaine Loyer from a family of master embroiderers.
Established in his first years on rue de Cléry, his workshops were moved in 1775 to rue Meslée where the most favorable period of his career took place and where the greatest royal orders were executed.
Georges Jacob is an innovator: it is also in the arrangement and decoration of the legs and arms of his seats that we find formulas launched if not imagined by him. Many of his chairs rest on tapered legs with rudentine flutes. These feet are connected to the belt by a die or case, decorated with a rose.
References:
Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle – Pierre Kjellberg – Les Éditions de l’Amateur – 2002.
Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle – Comte François de Salverte – Les éditions d’Art et d’Histoire – 1934.
Musée Marmottan Paris.
