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A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
Each with a shaped rectangular ladder back with three horizontal splats, above a drop-in seat covered in green velvet, on cabriole legs and claw feet, the blocks later, the ears largely replaced (2)
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Lot Essay

The ladder-back design of these chairs relates to a set of six walnut side chairs, originally with rush-filled seats, supplied in circa 1745 for Newport Church, Essex, by Giles Grendey (d. 1780), the St John's Square, Clerkenwell cabinet-maker (C. Gilbert, The Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, Leeds, 1996, p. 242, fig. 436).

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