ARMCHAIR
W.2-1987
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
This arm chair bears a fragmentary label '(Marsh) <i> al Ney/ </i> (pet)/ </i> it Salon </i>, indicating that it belonged to Marshal Ney (1769-1815). It later belonged to Lord Stuart de Rothesay (1799-1845). The association of the two Jacob brothers was dissolved on the death of the elder, Georges, in 1803. It seems likely that this chair, and the other Ney pieces shown nearby, were executed around this date.
From the Bettine Lady Abingdon Collection [1987-2006]