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Lot 1828 Dα

A folding table from the Château de Neuilly

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €

A folding table from the Château de Neuilly

Round, solid mahogany folding table on a central baluster-form shaft with tripod supports. Stamped "IACOB", "LP/N", and inv. no. 21385.52. H 72, D 65 cm, with folded top H 106 cm.
Paris, François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter, before 1825.

The château of Neuilly, which belonged to the Marquis de Nointel in 1648, was rebuilt in 1751 by the architect Cartaud for Marc Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson. After his death, the castle passed to Madame de Montesson, the morganatic wife of Louis-Philippe le Gros, Duke of Orléans (1725 - 1785), grandfather of the future King Louis-Philippe. In 1804, Murat, already the owner of the Château de Villiers, bought the neighbouring Château de Neuilly. After Murat was appointed King of Naples, the building reverted to the Crown. Napoleon gave Neuilly to his sister Pauline, who never lived there.

In 1817, the two châteaux were exchanged by Louis-Philippe, then Duke of Orleans, for the stables in Chartres, which had housed the Crown's horses since 1801. He enlarged the estate and had several buildings constructed to accommodate his many children and his sister Adelaïde.

During the revolution of 1848, the castle was set on fire and looted. In 1852, Napoleon III confiscated it as the property of the House of Orléans, after which the park was divided into 700 parcels, into streets and plots, which were successively auctioned off. Only one wing of the château, the one for Madame Adélaïde, remained standing and underwent several changes of use over the following decades.

François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (1770 - 1841) was the second son of the famous Georges Jacob (1739 - 1814). He created numerous important pieces of furniture for the Emperor and his family, which were intended for the Malmaison, Compiègne and Tuileries palaces. After Napoleon's fall he found himself in a difficult financial situation, which did not improve even with a larger volume of commissions during the reign of King Louis XVIII. In 1825, he was commissioned by the English King George V to decorate Windsor Castle.

Provenance

German private ownership.

Literature

For more on this cabinetmaker and his mark see Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXe siècle, Paris 3/2000, p. 268 ff.