A EMPIRE MAHOGANY SOFA

Description:

Jacob Frères (attr.), Paris, ca. 1800
104 x 118 x 64 cm
The rectangular padded back, sides, arms and seat covered in red cut velvet and silk, surmounted by a pair of spheares, the acanthus carved arms on Sphinx shaped supports. The cover damaged, traces of age. Worn, rest.
From an important German private Collection.
Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Francais du XIXme Siècle, p. 267 ff.