ATTRIBUTED TO GILES GRENDEY, CIRCA 1740

Details

A GEORGE II FIGURED WALNUT TRIPLE-TOP GAMES TABLE
Attributed to Giles Grendey, circa 1740
The two hinged tops enclosing a crossbanded veneered surface or gilt-tooled burgundy leather surface fitted with counter wells and supported on a single gate-leg support, on rocaille and bellflower-carved cabriole legs and scrolled acanthus spandrels with hairy-paw feet, inscribed in yellow chalk to the underside 7567-370
28¾in. (73cm.) high, 32in. (81cm.) wide, 16in. (41cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Hyde Park Antiques, New York.

Lot Essay

The legs on this table match those on the library chair (the previous lot). The distinctive design of the legs allows one to attribute this piece to the workshop of Giles Grendey based on labelled furniture of the same design (see 'Furniture by Giles Grendey' preceding lot 230).

A card table similarly carved but with serpentine top from the collection of the Earl of Leitrim, Co.Donegal is illustrated in M. Harris and Sons, A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, London, n.d., part II, p.233.

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