CIRCA 1740, POSSIBLY BY GILES GRENDEY

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A GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIR
CIRCA 1740, POSSIBLY BY GILES GRENDEY
The shell and foliate cresting above a vase-shaped splat, the drop in seat covered in gros and petit-point needlework above a shaped rail, on large leaf-clasped cabriole legs terminating in hairy paw feet, the seatrail numbered 'VIII'
39 ¼ in. (100 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The shell and leaf-carved toprail, and to a lesser extent the splat pattern, correspond to a set of six bearing the trade label of Giles Grendey (d.1780), the prolific cabinet and chair-maker of St. John's Square, Clerkenwell (see C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 - 1840, Leeds, 1996, p.242, fig.435).

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