IMPORTANT SALON FURNITURE ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB DESMALTER, EMPIRE PERIOD including two large sofas, four armchairs with queen, four armchairs in cabriolet and six chairs; in white and gilded relacquered wood, molded and carved; decorated with moldings on the backs; the armrests with dying lotus flower in large scroll of acanthus leaf finished by a flower; the belt decorated with rosettes, one in the center shouldered with leafy stems; the front legs tapered and ringed finished in toupie are surmounted by palms. Rear legs in saber shape (Wear and tear to the associated textile) An early 19th century Empire period important set of salon furniture attributed to Jacob Desmalter Sofas : 101 X L. 190,5 X 63 CM - 39,8 X 75 X 24,9 IN. Armchairs : 97 X 62 X 53 CM - 38,2 X 24,4 X 20,9 IN. Convertibles : 91 X 60 X 40 CM - 35,8 X 23,6 X 15,7 IN. Chairs : 92 X 51 X 44 CM - 36,2 X 20 X 17,3 IN. - - Closely related to the furniture of Napoleon I's bedroom in the Tuileries and that of Josephine's bedroom in Fontainebleau, the scrolled armrests appear in Jacob Desmalter's production for the first time in these armchairs delivered in 1808. The importance of the salon testifies to the large orders of the Empire's dignitaries.