A pair of armchairs stamped by the last of the legendary Jacob family dynasty of master furniture makers. Their family firm worked for practically all of the courts of Europe and is responsible for some of the most significant chairs ever made in Furniture History.

This pair is owed to Georges-Alphonse Jacob-Desmalter circa 1830. The style could be considered early Louis Philippe with a late Charles X influence evident in the presence of inlayed strips of blond holly wood on a dark mahogany background. Without entering the realm of gilded wood state furniture, these chairs represent the height of quality and style for chairs of their time, the final years of art furniture before the onset of the industrial revolution.

An identical model (albeit of the maker’s slightly earlier production, in maple and not mahogany) is featured in Denise Ledoux-Lebarde’s dictionary; the most significant work written about 19th century furniture.