Lot Essay
See catalogue note to lot 132.
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BY GILES GRENDEY
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II RED AND GILT-JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS
By Giles Grendey
En suite with the previous lot, each decorated with chinoiserie scenes of courtly figures in landscapes, surrounded by scrolling foliage, birds and strapwork, the vase-shaped splat and shaped stiles above a bowed caned seat, on cabriole legs joined by shaped moulded stretchers, on pad feet, refreshments to the decoration, one with craftsman's incision 'MW', one inscribed in pencil 'I', the other inscribed in pencil 'III', the seat rail on one chair redecorated
41¼ in. (105 cm.) height of back (2)
By Giles Grendey
En suite with the previous lot, each decorated with chinoiserie scenes of courtly figures in landscapes, surrounded by scrolling foliage, birds and strapwork, the vase-shaped splat and shaped stiles above a bowed caned seat, on cabriole legs joined by shaped moulded stretchers, on pad feet, refreshments to the decoration, one with craftsman's incision 'MW', one inscribed in pencil 'I', the other inscribed in pencil 'III', the seat rail on one chair redecorated
41¼ in. (105 cm.) height of back (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to either Don Juan Raimundo de Arteaga-Lazcano y Chiriboga (d. 1761), III Marqués de Valmediano, El Señor de la Casa de Lazcano con Grandeza de España for Lazcano Castle, Guipúzcoa, San Sebastian, Spain, circa 1735-40 and by descent at Lazcano
Or, almost certainly supplied to Don Juan de Dios de Silva Mendoza y Sandoval, X Duque del Infantado (1672-1737), or his daughter, Doña Maria Teresa de Silva y Mendoza, XI Duquesa del Infantado (1707-1770), and by descent with the Dukes of Infantado to
Don Joaquín Maria de Arteaga-Lazcano y Echagüe Silva-Bazán (1870-1947), 17th Duque del Infantado, Lazcano from whom seventy-two pieces of the suite were bought by
Adolph Loewi, 1930.
Private Collection, Rome.
Mallett, London.
Or, almost certainly supplied to Don Juan de Dios de Silva Mendoza y Sandoval, X Duque del Infantado (1672-1737), or his daughter, Doña Maria Teresa de Silva y Mendoza, XI Duquesa del Infantado (1707-1770), and by descent with the Dukes of Infantado to
Don Joaquín Maria de Arteaga-Lazcano y Echagüe Silva-Bazán (1870-1947), 17th Duque del Infantado, Lazcano from whom seventy-two pieces of the suite were bought by
Adolph Loewi, 1930.
Private Collection, Rome.
Mallett, London.
Literature
LITERATURE FOR THE SUITE:
See entry to lot 132
See entry to lot 132
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