A large "Convention" desk armchair In carved mahogany stained wood, the hemicycle back with openwork bars, the front legs and armrest supports in the shape of lion protuberances with scrolled wings supporting the flat armrest linked to the back by an oval palmette, sabre back legs, fawn leather upholstery. Height 93 cm - W 72 cm - D 62 cm -The original design comes from the Agence Percier et Fontaine and the model was most likely proposed when the furniture for the Convention Nationale was commissioned. This model is stamped either by Jean-Baptiste Sené or Georges Jacob. Emperor Napoleon I owned a copy that is now in the Château de la Malmaison (Inv. M.M.50.6.1). The Château de Versailles (Inv. T453) also has one, and the mobilier national (Inv. GMT-26038-000 and GMT-3661-000) two, one by Jacob, the other by Sené (used in General de Gaulle's office at Trianon and in 1996 in Reims during the Pope's visit to France). J.-P. Samoyault, Mobilier français Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009, published by Gourcuff Gradenigo, p. 27, figs. 25 and 29. M. Jarry, Le Siège Français, Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1973, pp. 283-292. Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle, 1795-1889, Leurs œuvres et leurs marques, Paris, 1984, p. 283.