Georges Jacob

He arrived in Paris in 1754 and was apprenticed to the chairmaker Jean-Baptiste Lerouge where he met Louis Delanois, whose advanced neoclassical taste was to have a great influence on Jacob.

He was received master 4 September 1765, presenting for his masterpiece a small chair of gilded wood, which survives.

In 1785, Jacob produced the first mahogany chairs à l'anglaise, for the comte de Provence.

When his other son died, Jacob returned from retirement to oversee the constant supply of furnishings for Napoleon's residences.

Two models in beeswax attributed to Jacob, one for a fauteuil and one for a bed 'à la turque', have remained in the family's possession.