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拍品专文
Henri Jacob, maître in 1779.
As demonstrated by this elegant and expertly carved console, the oeuvre of Henri Jacob is generally close in style to that of his celebrated first cousin, Georges Jacob (maître in 1765) with whom he apprenticed for six years before receiving his maîtrise in 1779. Henri seems to have adopted his illustrious relative's stylistic approach, and many of his pieces demonstrate a clear influence of Georges Jacob's designs. While Georges Jacob's sons, the Jacob Frères, tried to distance themselves from Henri's production, in return it appears that Henri attempted to benefit from the confusion that arose between the two ateliers named Jacob.
Henri was, however, an accomplished and prolific menuisier- ébéniste in his own right, and among his most famous work is that which he executed for the Russian court. In 1782, when the future Paul I and Maria Feodorovna were travelling incognito in France as the comte and comtesse du Nord, they ordered from him over two hundred chairs and other pieces of furniture for Pavlovsk, their new palace in St. Petersburg.
(D. Ledoux-Lebard, "Henri Jacob, un menuisier -ébéneiste original", L'Estampille, March 1995, pp. 46 - 57)
As demonstrated by this elegant and expertly carved console, the oeuvre of Henri Jacob is generally close in style to that of his celebrated first cousin, Georges Jacob (maître in 1765) with whom he apprenticed for six years before receiving his maîtrise in 1779. Henri seems to have adopted his illustrious relative's stylistic approach, and many of his pieces demonstrate a clear influence of Georges Jacob's designs. While Georges Jacob's sons, the Jacob Frères, tried to distance themselves from Henri's production, in return it appears that Henri attempted to benefit from the confusion that arose between the two ateliers named Jacob.
Henri was, however, an accomplished and prolific menuisier- ébéniste in his own right, and among his most famous work is that which he executed for the Russian court. In 1782, when the future Paul I and Maria Feodorovna were travelling incognito in France as the comte and comtesse du Nord, they ordered from him over two hundred chairs and other pieces of furniture for Pavlovsk, their new palace in St. Petersburg.
(D. Ledoux-Lebard, "Henri Jacob, un menuisier -ébéneiste original", L'Estampille, March 1995, pp. 46 - 57)