Offered by Igra Lignum
French Furniture and Art Pieces of the 18th century and Empire period
Superb pair of armchairs, stamped Jacob Frères, coming from the bedroom of the Grands Appartements of Josephine Bonaparte at the Palais de Saint Cloud.
They were delivered in September 1802 for the bedroom of Josephine Bonaparte, in St Cloud
Stamp on one of the two Jacob Frères armchairs on the rue Meslée (1796-1803)
Iron mark of 1807, Château de St Cloud
The Châtard label is a restoration label, one of the two is clearly legible -> "Pour le service de l'Impératrice, 1804" relative to the 1804 inventory, we learn that they were entirely gilded on delivery, but gilded and chimera patinated according to the 1807 inventory. It is likely that Châtard did the painting of the griffins in 1804 (perhaps to mark a difference with the armchairs, of a very similar model but fully gilded, delivered in 1804 for the Throne Room...
The Châtard label covers the delivery label, I don't have a strong enough UV lamp but we can read Bonaparte.
The straps are marked J3 and J4
Reprise of inventories (pictures attached)
No mark
Inventory of 1804
O2/730
Bedroom of the Empress's large apartment
no numbers, only the description of the object
STC 2047
Inventory of 1807,
AJ/19/292
Bedroom of the Empress's large apartment
n. 650,
-> in 1807, the numbering does not follow the inventory, it is only in 1824, that the inventory is linked to the marking
STC 850
Inventory of 1824,
AJ/19/300
Bedroom of the Duke of Angouleme (ancestor of Josephine's room)
described under n.850
STC 642
Inventory of 1833
AJ/19/318
Queen's bedroom (ancestral room of the Duke of Angouleme)
described under n. 642
25302
According to the inventory of 1833
taken out of the Palais de St Cloud in 1839 for the Garde Meubles under the number
2113
1873 ?sold by the State
Left under the number
Condition Report: Restored and upholstered in our workshop in September 2022. Original straps and cushions. For the fabric we chose to put the fabric that was originally intended for them, according to the drawing of Pernon that we found.
Delevery information :
The shipping and customs charges are free of charge for all destinations in Europe for objects of more than 2,000 euros and furniture pieces of more than 5,000 euros.
The art pieces are shipped by post, the furniture is delivered by us or by companies like Arbore (Rhone Valley) and SHIP ANTIQUES (rest of France and Europe)
A wooden box is made for each article. For especially fragile furniture pieces, we produce customized boxes.
