Jacob Desmalter - Empire Mahogany Period Office Chair - Stamped

Rare office chair in mahogany and mahogany veneer. It rests on 4 Etruscan sabre legs, the backrest with scrolls, the armrests with balls. Our chair is richly covered with horsehair. End of the Empire period, early 19th century, 1810s. Stamp of Jacob Desmalter et Cie JACOB. DR MESLEE, used between 1803 and 1813. The seat bears a trace of a handwritten chateau label underneath (disappeared) The Jacob dynasty is probably the most prestigious of French carpenters and cabinetmakers of the late 18th century and early 19th century, with immense success as a supplier in particular to the Imperial Furniture Store (as well as that of the Crown before and after the Empire). The seats produced by Jacob's workshop are recognizable, in particular, by the very high quality of their execution, the always perfect proportions and a great originality in the creation of new shapes and models. It is interesting, when analyzing the production of Jacob, to note that the models of seats produced by this prestigious workshop are very often a combination of decorative motifs, shapes of feet, armrests, armrest-belt-back connections that are found from one piece of living room furniture to another, thus ensuring the client a unique model, while allowing productivity gains to the Jacob workshop which employed up to 350 workers under the Empire. Beautiful model, collector's and amateur's item. It is in excellent condition. To this beautiful specimen we have offered the fabric it deserves with an opening in horsehair woven on hand-operated looms. This luxury fabric is now manufactured by only one company in France and in the world. The french polish has been redone. Width: 57.7cm Depth: 64cm Height: 91cm Seat height: 41cm