Jan 28, 2026 10:00 EST
Old Master Paintings / Silver / English & Continental Furniture
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Pair of Louis XVI Carved Giltwood Chaises Voyeuses
The Property of a Distinguished Private Collection
By George Jacob, circa 1780
Each with rectangular padded back surmounted by a horizontal bolster-form rest, upholstered in green velvet, above a padded seat with serpentine outline, supported on fluted tapering legs, headed by stiff-leaf collars, the seatrails stamped G. Jacob with paterae and floral motifs.
Height 36 1/2 inches (93 cm), width 18 inches (46 cm), depth 22 inches (56 cm).
George Jacob became Maître, September 4, 1765.
Provenance: Jacques Perrin Antiquities, Paris, October 8, 1998.
$5,000 - $8,000
The Property of a Distinguished Private Collection
By George Jacob, circa 1780
Each with rectangular padded back surmounted by a horizontal bolster-form rest, upholstered in green velvet, above a padded seat with serpentine outline, supported on fluted tapering legs, headed by stiff-leaf collars, the seatrails stamped G. Jacob with paterae and floral motifs.
Height 36 1/2 inches (93 cm), width 18 inches (46 cm), depth 22 inches (56 cm).
George Jacob became Maître, September 4, 1765.
Provenance: Jacques Perrin Antiquities, Paris, October 8, 1998.
Notes:
These elegant voyeuses are fine examples of late Louis XVI seating furniture, by Georges Jacob, (1739-1814), one of the most celebrated menuisiers of the Ancien Regime. Designed for informal social settings, the voyeuse with its high padded back and bolster allowed the sitter to lean forward comfartably while observing card games, a fashionable pastime in aristocratic salons during the late 18th Century.
The present chairs display the refined neoclassical vocabulary characteristic of Jacob's work of the period: delicately fluted legs, restrained carved ornamentation, and harmonious proportions, The quality of the carving and the crispness of the gilding are consistent with Jacob's production in the years immediately preceding the French Revolution.
Georges Jacob supplied furniture to the most prestigious patrons of his day, including the Comte d'Artois, Marie-Antoinette and members of the Royal Court. Closely related examples of voyeuses by Jacob are preserved in major museum collections, including the Musee du Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Re-gilt, upholstery later, minor wear consistent with and use, please note that Doyle does not guarantee the condition of upholstery or overupholstered furniture frames.
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Auction: Old Master Paintings / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, Jan 28, 2026
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Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10am
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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will hold an auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10am. The auction will present works spanning the 16th through 19th centuries, including portraits, still lifes and landscapes, along with religious, historical and mythological subjects.
Featured in the sale is Anthropomorphic Landscape attributed to Matthäus Merian. Anthropomorphic landscapes--imaginary views of natural scenery that appear to resemble the faces of people--were much in vogue in European art during the 16th and early 17th centuries. When this painting was first discovered by Alfred Barr in 1930 it was thought to be by the Italian Mannerist artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593). However when the work was cleaned and restored in 1954, an inscription attributing it to the Swiss engraver Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) came to light. It was soon shown that its composition is closely related to an engraving of a similar anthropomorphic landscape created by Merian in 1624, which suggests that it may have been the artist’s preiminary sketch for that work.
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Special sections of the sale will also showcase English & Continental Silver (Read More) on Wednesday, January 28 and English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts (Read More) on Thursday, January 29.
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