Sale
7745
important european furniture, sculpture & clocks
9 July 2009
London, King Street
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE-CABINET
ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, RUE MESLEE, CIRCA 1797-1803
The rectangular grey-veined white marble top above a frieze drawer centred by a rosette flanked by scrolling foliage and anthemion, above a pair of doors decorated with ribbon-tied cornucopiae and enclosing three mahogany-lined slides, above a stiff-leaf cast plinth and block feet
39¼ in. (99.5 cm.) high; 51 in. (129.5 cm.) wide; 23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) deep
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
G. Wannenes, Mobili di Francia, L'Ottocento, Milan, 1987, p. 70, cat no. 99.
The stamp 'Jacob Frères, Rue Meslée' was used by François-Honoré-Georges and Georges II Jacob, between 1796 and 1803.
A virtually identical side-cabinet stamped by Jacob Frères, featuring slight variations to the mounts, almost certainly acquired for the Château de Rochecotte by the Duchesse de Dino and subsequently by Emilio Terry, was sold at Christie's, London, 10 July 2008, lot 11 (£145,250 with premium).
A further side-cabinet, apparently identical to the present lot, was sold at Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 1981, en suite with a secrétaire-à-abattant, also seemingly identical to lot 62 in this sale.