Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

102. Swivel Chair (fauteuil [ϊ] de toilette)
     Paris, circa 1787
     By Georges Jacob; carved by Triquet and
     Rode; originally painted by Chaillot and
     upholstered with fabric by Desfarges
     of Lyon
     Beech; caning; modern silk velvet
     upholstery
     Painted with 8758 (Dalva Brothers' inven­
     tory number) under the rail.
     Height: 2 ft. 9% in. (84.5 cm); Width:
     ι ft. 10/8 in. (56.2 cm); Depth: 2 ft. iVs in.
     (65 cm)
     Accession number 72.DA. 51

102

One of a pair 103

PROVENANCE

Marie-Antoinette, ordered by Bonnefoy-

Duplan for the chambre ä coucher du treilUge

in the Petit Trianon, Versailles, 1787 (sold

with the contents of the Petit Trianon,

Versailles, August 25 et seq., 1793, lot 2477,

to the dealer Rocheux, Paris, through the

agent citoyen Hebert); Edith Μ. K. Wet-

more and Maude A. K. Wetmore, Cháteau-

sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island (offered

for sale, Parke-Bernet, Cháteau-sur-Mer,

September 16-18,1969, lot 1037, bought in;

sold, Parke-Bernet, New York, February 20,

1971, lot 122); [Dalva Brothers, Inc., New

York, 1971]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Michel Beurdeley, La France ä l'encan (Fri-

bourg, 1981), p. 109; Kjellberg, Dictionnaire,

p. 426.

103. Pair of Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reine)
     Paris, circa 1790-1792
     By Georges Jacob
     Painted beech; modern silk upholstery
     Each stamped G'lACOB under the front
     seat rail.
     Height: 3 ft. 1 in. (94 cm); Width:
     ι ft. IIVz in. (59 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 11^34 in.
     (60.5 cm)
     Accession number 91 .DA.15.1—.2
     PROVENANCE
     [Kraemer et Cie, Paris, 1990].
     BIBLIOGRAPHY
     "Acquisitions/1991," GettyMusfzo (1992),
     no. 72, p. 172, illus. (one).

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