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A French Empire Mahogany Frame Cane Bergere Armchair With Rams Head Terminus

$7,201.65
£5,200
€6,116.37
CA$9,797.28
A$10,886.94
CHF 5,704.87
MX$133,508.93
NOK 72,762.33
SEK 68,452.13
DKK 45,650.02
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A French Empire Georges Desmalter Mahogany Frame Cane Bergere Armchair With Rams Head Pediments With Square Tapering Legs & Hoof Feet. François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770–1841) oversaw one of the most successful and influential furniture workshops in Paris, from 1796 to 1825. The son of Georges Jacob, an outstanding chairmaker who worked in the Louis XVI style and Directoire styles of the earlier phase of Neoclassicism and executed many royal commissions, Jacob-Desmalter, in partnership with his older brother, assumed the family workshop in 1796. Freed from the Parisian guild restrictions of the Ancien Régime, the workshop was now able to produce veneered case-pieces (ébénisterie) in addition to turned and carved seat furniture (menuiserie). When his brother died, Jacob-Desmalter drew his father from retirement and began to develop one of the largest furniture workshops in Napoleonic Paris. Furniture in the Empire style produced by the firm of Jacob-Desmalter et Cie ("and Company") in rue Meslée, Paris, mainly employed mahogany veneers with gilt-bronze mounts. Seat furniture forms, of mahogany when they were not painted or gilded, derived inspiration from seats and thrones of Antiquity, recognizable in details from bas-reliefs and on Greek vases. Jacob-Desmalter, principal supplier of furniture to the Emperor, also received commissions from Pauline Borghese, Napoleon's sister in Rome, and the Empresses Joséphine and Marie Louise, for whom he supplied numerous pieces for the Château de Malmaison, the Château de Compiègne, the Tuileries Palace, and other imperial residences. Extra dimensions Height to seat 41cm Width of seat 58cm Depth of seat 47cm Height to the top of the arms 70cm
  • Similar to:
    François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (Cabinetmaker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 32.29 in (82 cm)Width: 23.23 in (59 cm)Depth: 21.66 in (55 cm)Seat Height: 16.15 in (41 cm)
  • Style:
    Neoclassical Revival (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    19th century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Is structurally sound and has warm patina and wear consistent with age and use. Cane is taught and there are no large holes or loses. Chairs frame has had some historical repairs to the rear of the chair.
  • Seller Location:
    Reading, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: KF 1stDibs: LU8232241169302

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