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His descendent Hector Lefuel, son of the architect [[Hector Lefuel]], wrote the monograph, ''Georges Jacob'' (Paris, 1923). Two models in beeswax attributed to Georges Jacob, one for a [[fauteuil]] and one for a [[Lit a la turque|bed 'à la turque']], have remained in the family's possession. |
His descendent Hector Lefuel, son of the architect [[Hector Lefuel]], wrote the monograph, ''Georges Jacob'' (Paris, 1923). Two models in beeswax attributed to Georges Jacob, one for a [[fauteuil]] and one for a [[Lit a la turque|bed 'à la turque']], have remained in the family's possession. |
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Revision as of 14:51, 8 May 2018
Georges Jacob (6 July 1739 — 1814) was one of the two most prominent Parisian master menuisiers, producing carved, painted and gilded beds and seat furniture and upholstery work for the French royal châteaux, in the Neoclassical style that is assocciated with Louis XVI furniture.
Jacob was born in Cheny, Burgundy. He arrived in Paris in 1754 and was apprenticed to the chairmaker Jean-Baptiste Lerouge where he met Louis Delanois, whose advanced neoclassical taste was to have a great influence on Jacob. He was received master 4 September 1765, presenting for his masterpiece a small chair of gilded wood, which survives. Without marrying either the daughter or the widow of an established menuisier,[1] Jacob set up his own premises. He employed in his workshop numerous specialist carvers and gilders. In 1785 Jacob produced the first mahogany chairs à l'anglaise, for the comte de Provence. He retired in 1796, leaving his workshop in the hands of his sons, one of whom was François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter. When his other son died, Jacob returned from retirement to oversee the constant supply of furnishings for Napoleon's residences.
After Delanois' early death, Jacob's only serious rival in his field was Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené.
His descendent Hector Lefuel, son of the architect Hector Lefuel, wrote the monograph, Georges Jacob (Paris, 1923). Two models in beeswax attributed to Georges Jacob, one for a fauteuil and one for a bed 'à la turque', have remained in the family's possession.
My name is Jacob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
References
- (Getty Museum) Georges Jacob
- (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Side chair from a suite made for Marie Antoinette at the Tuileries, 1784
Le Siege Francais by Madeleine Jarry & Pierre Devinoy; excellent source material on George Jacob, his descendants and his business.
See also
Further reading
- Parker, James & Le Corbeiller, Clare (1979). A Guide to the Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0-87099-186-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (see index: p. 127-128; illustration: p. 50)
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- ^ Jacob married in 1767 Jeanne-Germaine Loyer with whom he had five children.