Set Of 10 Directoire Mahogany Dining Chairs With Horsehair Covers, Jacob Model

Beautiful set of 10 Etruscan mahogany chairs, mahogany veneer, banded back, baluster front legs and curved back legs. One chair is from the 18th century (Directoire Consulat), the other 9 are identical. According to family tradition, this is the model made by Georges Jacob for Marshal Soult. Our chairs are typical of the so-called Etruscan style, very fashionable at the end of the 18th century and directly inspired by the excavation pieces of Greco-Roman antiquity, designed by the painter David. Georges Jacob, at the forefront of fashion, was one of the initiators of this new style by creating the first so-called English mahogany chairs for the Count of Provence at Versailles. He launched the Etruscan style by designing the Etruscan furniture in carved mahogany, delivered in 1788 for the dairy of the Château de Rambouillet. Our so-called Klismos chairs are a sophisticated production from the end of the 18th century produced with an archaeological desire for a true return to antiquity. Of a very pure style, they are prototypes of the new style, a precursor of what would later become the Empire style, the work of a great designer of the 18th century. Everything is thought out in the proportions, patterns, elements of the decor. Nothing has been left to chance. They are so avant-garde, that one could think them from the Art Deco period. Excellent condition, our seats have been completely restored to new, the mahogany revarnished with a traditional buffer, the horsehair upholstery on strap, stitched in knife blade, covered with a fabric of real horsehair. The whole is an excellent alliance between modern taste and classic. The seats are robust and solid and suitable for use as dining room chairs. Seat width: 45.5cm Seat height: 45cm Back height: 88.5cm