A set of ten George II carved walnut and burr walnut veneered side chairs, circa 1740, attributed to Giles Grendey
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A set of ten George II ♐carved walnut and burr walnut veneered side chairs, circa 1740, attributed to Giles Grendey
the vase shaped splat between scrolled uprights ending in a pronounced moulded shoe, with close-nailed green leather upholstered seats, the front rail centred with a stylised shell on cabriole legs headed by shell, bell-flower decoratioꦕn and c-scrolls ending in claw and ball feet, one seat rail stamped 'AS' and another stamped 'AS' in two places
(10)
Formerly in the collection of the Dukes of Leeds at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, eight of which were sold Christie's London, 10 June 1920, lot 98;
Christie's London, 19 November 1981, lot 116.
Christie's London, 19 November 1981, lot 116.
P. Macquoid, ‘Furniture of the XVII & XVIII Centuries. Furniture at Hornby Castle’, Country Life, 30 March 1912, pp. 475-479;
P. Macquoid, ‘Hornby Castle Furniture’, Country Life Supplement, 27 September 1913, p.14;
P. Macquoid, ‘Furniture at Hornby Castle’, Country Life, 29 May 1920;
R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954, London, Vol. 1, p. 254, fig. 85.
P. Macquoid, ‘Hornby Castle Furniture’, Country Life Supplement, 27 September 1913, p.14;
P. Macquoid, ‘Furniture at Hornby Castle’, Country Life, 29 May 1920;
R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954, London, Vol. 1, p. 254, fig. 85.
