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Armchair (part of a set)

Georges Jacob (1739–1814, master 1765)

Date:: ca. 1780–90
Culture:: French (Paris)
Medium:: Walnut, gilded
Dimensions:: Each 36-1/8 x 23 x 20-3/4 in. (91.8 x 58.4 x 52.7 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Ann Payne Blumenthal, 1943
Accession Number:: 43.163.15

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 547

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: I B (stamped, four times on flat wood under seat rails and once on inside of each back leg) - alternate mark of George Jacob.
Provenance

Sir Richard Wallace (until 1902) ; George and Florence Blumenthal ; Ann Payne Blumenthal (until 1943; to MMA)
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Who
Georges Jacob (26)
What
Gilt (9,077)

Wood (7,869)

Furniture (5,724)

Woodwork (2,577)

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Walnut (978)

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Where
Europe (150,419)

France (49,644)

Paris (2,005)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,116)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,228)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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