Pair of armchairs
Also titled Twee armstoelen
Georges Jacob (Cheny, 1739–1814)
c. 1787
- Medium
- textile materials, mahogany (wood), walnut (hardwood), gilding (material), silk
- Classification
- chair
- Dimensions
- height 39.5 cm x depth 52.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Georges Jacob was the leading menuisier (maker of chairs and other carved furniture) in Paris in the last quarter of the 18th century. These armchairs are executed in a light, refined interpretation of Neoclassicism. Jacob made several sets of chairs for Queen Marie Antoinette of France, which closely resemble this pair.
