Originally on of a set of 6 mahogany armchairs supplied for the household of Napoleon as First Consul at the Palais de Tuileries: '11 pluviôse an VIII(31 janvier 1800): pour le service du Premier Consul, six grands fauteuils en acajou, à crosse, pieds de devant à gaines sculptés de chimères ailées’. In 1826 they were sent from the Chateau de Saint Cloud to the Garde Meuble. This very grand, throne form, was presumably built up on the carcase of one of this set in about 1870-80. Evidence of thickening of the legs is clear and the only use by the firm of Jacob of this particular foot mount is on tables. The model may be the giltwood chairs designed for the Throne Room at the Palais de Tuileries in 1804 by Percier and Fontaine, supplied by Jacob on 1 December 1804, the day before the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor. One of this set was sold by Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2009. The portrait of Jerome Bonaparte, King of Spain, painted by François Pascal Simon Gérard in 1810 (Chateau de Versailles) shows a throne with a cresting very similar to this chair.