Suite of four chairs with double scroll ends and brown wood fillets in solid and veneered mahogany, resting on four double baluster feet. Empire period, 19th century. Velvet upholstery with pink lines. H. 86.5 cm. Scratches, shocks, chips, damages and restorations, notably to the veneer and to the edges of the legs; wormholes in the belt; one backrest damaged; some pegs missing. Reinforcing brackets. Model to be compared with a series of six chairs delivered by JACOB-DESMALTER, in 1804, for the Emperor's cabinet in the Palace of Fontainebleau, with a back of similar shape, but more ornate. See Jean-Pierre Samoyault, Mobilier français Consulat et Empire, Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2009, p. 67, fig. 117.