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Giles Grendey

A GEORGE II WALNUT LIBRARY ARMCHAIR

Ronald Phillips Ltd

Date 1745

Period 1600-1750, 18th century

Origin England

Medium Walnut

Dimension 96.5 x 80.5 x 89 cm (38 x 31³/₄ x 35 inches)

Grendey supplied armchairs of this model to Lowther Castle in Cumbria. 
Height of seat: 17 in; 43 cm

Date: 1745

Period: 1600-1750, 18th century

Origin: England

Medium: Walnut

Signature:  The back legs are stamped with the journeyman’s initials ‘WF’, which was common practice in Grendey’s workshop.

Dimension: 96.5 x 80.5 x 89 cm (38 x 31³/₄ x 35 inches)

Provenance: Private collection, USA.

Literature: Christie, Manson & Woods, ‘Old French and English Furniture’, sale catalogue, 9 July 1931, p. 21, lot 113.

Exhibition: The Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, London, 1993.

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