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Georges Jacob (6 July 1739 – 5 July 1814) was one of the two most prominent master menuisiers. He produced carved, painted and gilded beds and seat furniture and upholstery work for the French royal châteaux, in the Neoclassicism style that is associated with Louis XVI furniture.
Without marrying either the daughter or the widow of an established menuisier,Jacob married in 1767 Jeanne-Germaine Loyer with whom he had five children. Jacob set up his own premises. He employed in his workshop numerous specialist carvers and gilding. In 1785, Jacob produced the first mahogany chairs à l'anglaise, for the comte de Provence. After Delanois' early death in 1792, Jacob's only serious rival in his field was Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené.
He retired in 1796, leaving his workshop in the hands of his sons, one of whom was François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter. When his other son died, Jacob returned from retirement to oversee the constant supply of furnishings for Napoleon's residences.
His descendant Hector Lefuel, son of the architect Hector Lefuel, wrote the monograph, Georges Jacob (Paris, 1923). 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.
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