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A ROYAL LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL
BY GEORGES JACOB SUPPLIED FOR THE PETIT APPARTEMENT DE LA REINE AT THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1788, GILT IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Carved overall with palmette motifs à l'étrusque, the arched back above heart-shape and pearl and husk-fluted arms terminating in scrolling foliate and rosette scrolls on downsweeping channelled and beaded supports supported by semi-columns surmounted by rosettes, the seat-rail conformingly carved, on stop-fluted turned and tapering legs wrapped with foliate collars and headed by palmettes, the padded back, seat and arms upholstered in associated pale green silk, stamped 'G IACOB', later gilt in the early 19th century, with losses revealing the original white and grey-painted decoration underneath
37. 3⁄4 in. (96 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep
Provenance
Delivered in 1788 to Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, for the chambre à coucher of the petit appartement de la Reine, château de Versailles.
Sold during the Revolutionary sale on 27 December 1793 (7 frimaire An II) to Citoyen Dumont for 3000 livres.
Private Collection.
Literature
M. Jallut, 'Les cabinets intérieurs et petits appartements de Marie-Antoinette', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, mai 1964.
D. Meyer, Exhibition catalogue Cinq années d'enrichissement du Patrimoine National, Paris, 1980.
C. Baulez, C. Constans, S. Hoog, D. Meyer, 'Meubles royaux récemment acquis à Versailles (1985-1989)', Revue du Louvre, 1990, no. 2.
C. Baulez, 'Tabouret de pied pour la chambre à coucher de la reine Marie-Antoinette à Versailles', Revue du Louvre, 1992, no. 3.
P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Le Mobilier de Versailles XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 2002, vol. I, no. 73, p. 284-89.
Special notice
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