FRANCE, early 19th century Two handsome furniture armchairs, which can form a pendant, in solid molded mahogany and veneered beech, with slightly inverted square backs, flattened double baluster armrests and front legs, finished with a molded shoe, and saber-shaped back legs. Column-turned armrests with long-leaf capitals and fleurons. Rich ornamentation in gilded bronze, such as rosettes or quatrefoils, palmettes, olive branches, pastilles and fleurons. One with lower seat, formerly with frame, with cushion. The other with full upholstery. Stamped JACOB D. R. Meslée under the front or rear crosspiece. Late Consulate (late 1799-1804) - early First Empire period. Raspberry silk trimmings decorated in yellow-gold with vases, rosettes, wreaths and fleurons (worn, one cut). 97 x 65.5 x 70 cm - 96 x 66 x 70 cm. Seat crosspieces: 29 cm - 35 cm. Grooves on the inside of the seat of the former frame armchair. Rubbing, scratches, bumps, a few chips and small accidents; the second armchair has a crack at the base of the roll. There are a few differences between these two armchairs, notably in the height of the seat and the applied bronze rosettes. This model of ceremonial armchair, in lacquered and gilded wood or mahogany and gilded bronze, can be found in the furnishings of several imperial palaces, including the Elysée Palace and the Château d'Eu. The Jacob-Desmalter company, a partnership between François-Honoré-Georges JACOB-DESMALTER (1770-1841) and his father Georges JACB (1739-1814), founder of the dynasty, was active between 1803 and 1813. Provenance : Maître BIGNON, Hôtel Drouot, room 6, sale February 16, 1953.