Lot 49
SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II STYLE CARVED MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, TO A DESIGN BY GILES GRENDEY, BY R. STRAHAN, DUBLIN
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Auction: Lots 1 - 335 | 04 September at 10am
Description
to include ten side chairs and a pair of armchairs, all with floral needlework upholstered seats, stamped on the seat frames R. STRAHAN, some bearing paper trade labels R STRAHAN & CO. LTD/ UPHOLSTER'S AND CABINET MAKERS/ 135 ST. STEPHENS GREEN, DUBLIN (12)
Dimensions
55cm wide, 97cm high, 44cm deep
Footnote
Note: This set of chairs with their distinctive shell backs are modelled after a famous set believed to have been supplied by Giles Grendey for Henry Hoare at Stourhead, Wiltshire and illustrated in R. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954, vol. I, p.275, fig. 154. Robert Strahan & Co. gained the reputation for producing high quality furniture and were commissioned to design and manufacture for some of the great Irish country houses. The firm began trading in the 18th century, expanding through the 19th century and continued until 1969.