Side chair (chais à la reine) (one of a pair). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: 34 x 18-1/2 x 18 in.  (86.4 x 47.0 x 45.7 cm). Maker: Georges Jacob (French, Cheny 1739-1814 Paris); Carved by Jules-Hugues Rousseau (1743-1806) and; Jean -Siméon Rousseau de la Rottière (1747-1820); Gilded by Presle. Date: 1784.  'At eleven o'clock set out for the Thuilleries, to see the balloon go off; we soon quitted the coach, and it was with the greatest difficulty we got through the crowd on the Pont-royal to the little garden door. It was not long afterwards, that the Duke of Cumberland was in danger of b - Stock Photo