Giles Grendey
A pair of walnut side chairs
Giles Grendey
A pair of walnut side chairs
Date circa 1730
Period George II
Origin English
Medium Walnut
Dimension 103.5 x 60 x 61.5 cm (40³/₄ x 23⁵/₈ x 24¹/₄ inches)
Two chairs of the same design and possibly from the same set were formerly on loan to Mompesson House in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. A set of six chairs also with their original needlework was exhibited by Phillips of Hitchin at the Grosvenor House Antique Dealers’ Fair in 1962, and a matching single chair is in a private collection in Canada.
Date: circa 1730
Period: George II
Origin: English
Medium: Walnut
Dimension: 103.5 x 60 x 61.5 cm (40³/₄ x 23⁵/₈ x 24¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: Private collection, Washington, DC, USA.
Literature: The Antique Dealers’ Fair and Exhibition handbook, London, 1962, p. 70; advertisement with Phillips of Hitchin.
Sotheby’s, ‘Fine English Furniture, Textiles and Reference Books’, sale catalogue, 8 March 1985, lot 54.
Ronald Phillips Ltd
18th Century and Early 19th Century English Furniture, Objets d’Art, Glass, Clocks and Barometers
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