A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, IN THE MANNER OF GILES GRENDEY, including two open armchairs, each with an arched rectangular back with pierced shell-form splat, outscrolling arms and padded seat, on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet, upholstered in buttoned green leather (12)

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, IN THE MANNER OF GILES GRENDEY, including two open armchairs, each with an arched rectangular back with pierced shell-form splat, outscrolling arms and padded seat, on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet, upholstered in buttoned green leather (12)

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The offered lot is virtually identical in design to a well-known set probably supplied by Giles Grendey for Henry Hoare at Stourhead, Wiltshire, and illustrated in P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, revised edition, vol. I, 1954, p.275, fig. 154.

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