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François Honoré Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841).
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JACOB D RUE MESLEE François Honoré Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841). Two armchairs in carved and gilded molded wood with overturned backs with flutes, the straight turned armrests with lotiform patterns, supported by inverted baluster brackets extended by front legs resting on runners. The convex belt with two laurel palms. Dices of connections in rosettes. Back legs saber. The first stamped JACOB D/R MESLEE iron mark CP crowned and stencil mark C. Stamp used by the Jacob brothers between 1803 and 1813 Both numbered C110. The number 110 corresponds to the inventory of 1855 when this set of furniture was presented in the reception room of the Emperor's apartment (C110 Salon des dames d'honneur de l'impératrice or current family room) The second not stamped with an old number C 910 iron mark CP crowned and stencil mark. This number corresponds to the inventory of 1817, placing it in the Empress's Music Room. First Empire period around 1809. Green damask velvet upholstery with lyre decoration bordered with scrolls on a starry background. Condition of use. Height : 97 cm - Width : 60 cm - Depth : 52 cm (Small wear to the gilding and visible missing, redecorated with a brush, left rear leg of one of the armchairs weakened) ---------------------------------------------- The armchairs are part of the delivery of salon furniture made between 1809 and 1811 for the music salon of the Empress's apartment, the number of which varies according to the dates of the inventories. It was then covered with a "damask blue background, white gray design". This salon left Compiègne in 1858. Six armchairs were returned in 1859. The other armchairs were sold by the estates in 1875. A similar description of two armchairs in the Emperor's large cabinet can be found in the 1810 inventory of the furniture of the Château de Compiègne: these armchairs were moved to the picture gallery in 1811. This type of armchair is described in the Imperial furniture guard's delivery in particular at the Palace of Laeken in Holland for the room of Napoleon I around 1805 and for the room of Prince Cambaceres. They are still found for the EU castle and the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Today one can admire this set in the third salon of the Empress called "Salon des dames d'honneur" or "Salon de famille" at the Palais de Compiègne Bibliography : DUMONTHIER (E.). La collection des bois de siège du Mobilier national T.1. Pl. 51. LEFUEL (H.). François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter, cabinetmaker to Napoleon I and Louis XVIII. Eds. Albert Morancé. For the Palace marks found on the Jacob furniture. Guide du musée national du château de Compiègne by Jean-Marie Moulin R.M.N. 1992 p.72-73. F. de Salverte les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, 1962, p.168. pl. LXXX. Denise Ledoux-Lebard Les ébénistes du XIXe siècle, 2nd edition, p.312 Serge Grandjean Empire furniture 1800 Mobilier National : An armchair from the first salon of the emperor in the Tuileries Palace. Inventory number: GMT-8532-004. Past auctions with similar seats: Rouillac sale of January 24, 2021 lot 140 A ceremonial armchair stamped Jacob D rue MESLEE with EU castle marks. Osenat sale of 15 November 2015 lot 287 an armchair stamped JACOB D R MESLEE with marks of Compiègne. Sotheby's sale of March 18, 2010 lot 106 Gilded wood armchair stamped JACOB D/R MESLEE from the castle of EU Sotheby's Monaco sale, December 14, 1996 lot 118 a sofa and two armchairs

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JACOB D RUE MESLEE François Honoré Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841). Two armchairs in carved and gilded molded wood with overturned backs with flutes, the straight turned armrests with lotiform patterns, supported by inverted baluster brackets extended by front legs resting on runners. The convex belt with two laurel palms. Dices of connections in rosettes. Back legs saber. The first stamped JACOB D/R MESLEE iron mark CP crowned and stencil mark C. Stamp used by the Jacob brothers between 1803 and 1813 Both numbered C110. The number 110 corresponds to the inventory of 1855 when this set of furniture was presented in the reception room of the Emperor's apartment (C110 Salon des dames d'honneur de l'impératrice or current family room) The second not stamped with an old number C 910 iron mark CP crowned and stencil mark. This number corresponds to the inventory of 1817, placing it in the Empress's Music Room. First Empire period around 1809. Green damask velvet upholstery with lyre decoration bordered with scrolls on a starry background. Condition of use. Height : 97 cm - Width : 60 cm - Depth : 52 cm (Small wear to the gilding and visible missing, redecorated with a brush, left rear leg of one of the armchairs weakened) ---------------------------------------------- The armchairs are part of the delivery of salon furniture made between 1809 and 1811 for the music salon of the Empress's apartment, the number of which varies according to the dates of the inventories. It was then covered with a "damask blue background, white gray design". This salon left Compiègne in 1858. Six armchairs were returned in 1859. The other armchairs were sold by the estates in 1875. A similar description of two armchairs in the Emperor's large cabinet can be found in the 1810 inventory of the furniture of the Château de Compiègne: these armchairs were moved to the picture gallery in 1811. This type of armchair is described in the Imperial furniture guard's delivery in particular at the Palace of Laeken in Holland for the room of Napoleon I around 1805 and for the room of Prince Cambaceres. They are still found for the EU castle and the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Today one can admire this set in the third salon of the Empress called "Salon des dames d'honneur" or "Salon de famille" at the Palais de Compiègne Bibliography : DUMONTHIER (E.). La collection des bois de siège du Mobilier national T.1. Pl. 51. LEFUEL (H.). François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter, cabinetmaker to Napoleon I and Louis XVIII. Eds. Albert Morancé. For the Palace marks found on the Jacob furniture. Guide du musée national du château de Compiègne by Jean-Marie Moulin R.M.N. 1992 p.72-73. F. de Salverte les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, 1962, p.168. pl. LXXX. Denise Ledoux-Lebard Les ébénistes du XIXe siècle, 2nd edition, p.312 Serge Grandjean Empire furniture 1800 Mobilier National : An armchair from the first salon of the emperor in the Tuileries Palace. Inventory number: GMT-8532-004. Past auctions with similar seats: Rouillac sale of January 24, 2021 lot 140 A ceremonial armchair stamped Jacob D rue MESLEE with EU castle marks. Osenat sale of 15 November 2015 lot 287 an armchair stamped JACOB D R MESLEE with marks of Compiègne. Sotheby's sale of March 18, 2010 lot 106 Gilded wood armchair stamped JACOB D/R MESLEE from the castle of EU Sotheby's Monaco sale, December 14, 1996 lot 118 a sofa and two armchairs

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