French Empire Period, Mahogany Fauteuil de Bureau
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French Empire Period, Mahogany Fauteuil de Bureau
About the Item
There has been minor restoration characteristic of usage. All joints were checked and restored. There was a repair to a chipped foot which involved carving the missing piece from mahogany. The fauteuil was cleaned and polished. The seat was reupholstered in black leather.
François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter
François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770-1841) ran one of the most important and prosperous furniture workshops in Paris at the beginning of the 1800s. The son of a well-known chairmaker, Georges Jacob, Jacob-Desmalter took over his father's business with his older brother in 1796. When his brother died six years later, Jacob-Desmalter hired his father back as his partner and began to develop one of the largest furniture workshops in Paris.
Furniture produced by the firm of Jacob-Desmalter et Cie (Co.) was mainly made from mahogany in the Empire style, where geometric shapes and straight lines prevailed. The clients included Pauline Borghese, Napoleon I's sister, and the Empress Josephine, for whom he supplied numerous pieces for the imperial residences. One particularly important commission was a magnificent cradle built for the infant Napoleon II, king of Rome.
Greatly dependent on orders from Napoleon's household, the business went bankrupt in 1813, when the Emperor fell from power. Jacob-Desmalter, however, managed to resurrect the company and continued to run it until his son, Alphonse-George, succeeded him in 1825.
Vetted Antique Shows/Fairs
The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, New York, NY, 2008
Provenance
Paris, France
Private Collection, Paris, France
Mary Helen McCoy Fine Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina
- Dimensions:Height: 32.25 in (81.92 cm)Width: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1804-1815
- Condition:Please see Item Description.
- Seller Location:Charleston, SC
- Reference Number:1stDibs: U081110857726
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