Pair Of Louis XV Armchairs, Stamped G. Jacob

Pair of Very Large Louis XV Armchairs, in Natural Wood, Queen's Back, Stamped Georges JACOB (1739-1814) They are covered with a Crimson Red Silk Damask. The 2 Armchairs are Stamped. They measure 98 CM in Height, 69 CM in Length and 60 CM in Depth. They are in Very Good condition. JACOB Georges Georges Jacob (1739-1814) - He received his master's degree on September 4, 1765: He is the most famous and the most creative of all the 18th century seat carpenters in France. At the forefront of his wealthy clientele is 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-Batipte Lerouge – established on rue de Charenton. He then joined Louis Delanois as a journeyman, the supplier of Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV. A promoter of the neoclassical style in seating, Delanois undoubtedly exerted an influence on Jacob's models. Received as a master in 1765 thanks to a small gilded wooden seat, Jacob subsequently created his own workshop from scratch. Two years later, he married Jeanne-Germaine Loyer from a family of master embroiderers. Established in his early years on rue de Cléry, his workshops were transferred in 1775 to rue Meslée where the most favourable period of his career took place and where the largest royal orders were carried out.