Pair of solid mahogany and veneered shepherdesses with square backs resting on tapered and ringed front legs and sabre-shaped hind legs, with baluster armrests with capitals carved with palm leaves and armrest noses in foliated scrolls. Stamp of JACOB D. R. MESLEE on the edge of a front crossbar. Traces of labels on the reverse side of the rear crossbeams. Empire period. Height : 98 cm. - L.: 68 cm. - Depth: 54 cm. Antique straps. Garnet velvet trim. Scratches, wormholes, bumps and splinters. This stamp was used from 1803 to 1813, by Georges JACOB (1735-1814) and his son François Honoré Georges JACOB-DESMALTER (1770-1841), established in rue Meslée, Paris. Provenance: Sale Blanchet-Jorom-Derem, Furniture from the estate of the Count and Countess of Arbigny, Paris, 13 June 1998, n° 153.