Lot Essay
There is another copy of this trade card in the Heal collection at the British Museum (see: Sir A.Heal. The London Furniture Makers, London, 1953, p.27). The label contintues that he 'Makes and Sells all Sorts of Upholstery, Cabinet Goods. viz. Four Post & other Bedsteads. wth Damask, Mohair, Moreen, Harratteen, Cheney, Cotton and Check Furnitr. Feather Beds, Blankets, Quilts, Mattresses, Counterpanes, Coverlids, and Rugs Desks and Bookcases, Chests of Drawers & c, Chairs, Ding. Card and other Tables, in Mahogony & Walnut-tree. Looking Glasses in Carv'd, Gilt & othr Frames, wth Carpets & Papr Hanggs of all sorts. NB Estates, Stocks in Trade, and Houshold (sic) Furniture, Both. Sold BY COMMISSION.
Visible on the fragmentary label attached to this mirror is a 'silver' table of similar type to lot 203 in this sale but with cluster column legs and an X-shaped stretcher. The label in Heal also shows a clothes-press of the type often associated with Giles Grendey with fielded panelled doors. It was clearly a popluar and fashionable type. Examples by Grendey himself and by Philip Bell are illustrated in Heal, op. cit., figs. 23 and 37 respectively
Visible on the fragmentary label attached to this mirror is a 'silver' table of similar type to lot 203 in this sale but with cluster column legs and an X-shaped stretcher. The label in Heal also shows a clothes-press of the type often associated with Giles Grendey with fielded panelled doors. It was clearly a popluar and fashionable type. Examples by Grendey himself and by Philip Bell are illustrated in Heal, op. cit., figs. 23 and 37 respectively