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This stamp was used by Francois-Honoré-Georges Jacob, dit Jacob-Desmalter, between 1803 and 1813.
A SUITE OF SEAT-FURNITURE SUPPLIED BY JACOB-DESMALTER TO PRINCE LOUIS BONAPARTE AND HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS FOR THE HOTEL DE RUE CERRUTTI CIRCA 1804-6
Although previously thought by the Comte de Salverte to have been supplied for the salon of the King of Holland at the Palais des Tuileries, the lack of any inventory mark and the researches of M. Leperlier have established the real provenance of this suite to be the Hôtel de la Reine Hortense in the rue Cerrutti. This hôtel was bought on 2 June 1804 by the Grand Connétable de l'Empire, Prince Louis Bonaparte and his wife, Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter of the Empress Josephine. As Louis Bonaparte was crowned King of Holland on 5 June 1806, this suite must have been supplied between 1804-6 by Jacob-Desmalter. Succinctly recorded in an inventory, it comprised: 'trois canapés, quatre bergères, quatorze fauteuils, dix-huit chaises, huit tabourets et un écran... recouverte de soie verte'.
Following the fall of the Empire, the hôtel and its furniture was sold on 4 September 1815 to the Roman banker, Torlonia, duc de Bracciano. Of the recorded suite, a canapé, two bergères and four fauteuils were sold in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 30 May 1990, lot 163, and the twelve side chairs from the alle à manger will be offered at Christie's Monaco, 15 December 1996, lot 164. Thus two canapés, six fauteuils, six chaises, eight stools and one firesecreen remain untraced.
PROVENANCE:
Supplied by Jacob-Desmalter between 1804-6 to Prince Louis Bonaparte and his wife, Hortense de Beauharnais for their Hôtel de rue Cerrutti. Paris.
Acquired by Torlonia, duc de Bracciano with the hôtel on 4 September 1815 following the fall of the Empire.
Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 12 April 1984, lot 66 (seven).
LITERATURE:
Comte François de Salverte, Les ébenistes du XVIIIiéme siècle, Paris 1975, p. 168, pl. LXXX.
P. Leperlier, La Reine Hortense, une femme artiste, l'Hôtel de la rue Cerutti p. 90, fig. 5.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
(Lots 179-182)
A PAIR OF EMPIRE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY FRANCOIS-HONÓRE-GEORGES JACOB, DIT JACOB-DESMALTER
细节
A PAIR OF EMPIRE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
By Francois-Honóre-Georges Jacob, dit Jacob-Desmalter
Each with scrolled channelled styles terminating in rosettes, the scrolled padded back, arms and seat covered in burgundy silk with foliate gilt-metal thread borders, the arms with stiff-leaf capitals and lion-mask-centred panelled roundels supported by an Ionic capital and palmette-centred panelled baluster, the panelled bow-fronted seat-rail with domed paterae, on tapering baluster legs with a further palmette and stepped block feet, three lion-masks lacking, the gilt-metal thread border contemporary and re-used, inscribed in pencil 'Charles Ballin', with handwritten label 'Salon du Cont Queleu', the other stamped 'Jacob D. R. Meslée', refreshments to gildings (2)
By Francois-Honóre-Georges Jacob, dit Jacob-Desmalter
Each with scrolled channelled styles terminating in rosettes, the scrolled padded back, arms and seat covered in burgundy silk with foliate gilt-metal thread borders, the arms with stiff-leaf capitals and lion-mask-centred panelled roundels supported by an Ionic capital and palmette-centred panelled baluster, the panelled bow-fronted seat-rail with domed paterae, on tapering baluster legs with a further palmette and stepped block feet, three lion-masks lacking, the gilt-metal thread border contemporary and re-used, inscribed in pencil 'Charles Ballin', with handwritten label 'Salon du Cont Queleu', the other stamped 'Jacob D. R. Meslée', refreshments to gildings (2)
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