Georges Jacob - Citizendia

Georges Jacob (Cheny, Burgundy, 6 July 1739 — 1814, master 1765) was one of the two most prominent Parisian master menuisiers, producing carved, painted and gilded beds and seat furniture and upholstery work for the French royal châteaux, in the early Neoclassical style that is usually associated with Louis Seize. Cheny is a commune in the Yonne département, in the French region of Bourgogne. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre

Jacob arrived in Paris in 1754 and apprenticed with the chairmaker Jean-Baptiste Lerouge where he met Louis Delanois, whose advanced neoclassical taste was to have a great influence on Jacob, who was received master 4 September 1765, presenting for his masterpiece a small chair of gilded wood, which survives. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Without marrying either the daughter or the widow of an established menuisier,^[1] Jacob set up his own premises. He employed in his workshop numerous specialist carvers and gilders. Gilding is the art of applying a thin layer of gold simulated gold or other metal to a surface In 1785 Jacob produced the first mahogany chairs à l'anglaise, for the comte de Provence. The name mahogany is used when referring to numerous varieties of dark-colored wood originally the wood of the species Swietenia mahagoni, known as West The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. He retired in 1796, leaving his workshop in the hands of his sons, one of whom was François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter. François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770 &ndash 1841 oversaw one of the most successful and influential furniture workshops in Paris from 1796 to 1825 When his other son died, Jacob returned from retirement to oversee the constant supply of furnishings for Napoleon's residences. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe.

After Delanois' early death, Jacob's only serious rival in his field was Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené.

Notes

^ Jacob married in 1767 Jeanne-Germaine Loyer with whom he had five children.

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