Lot 131
GEORGE II STYLE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR, TO A DESIGN BY GILES GRENDEY
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 13th May | Lots 68 to 297
Description
the pierced shell splat back above an upholstered seat raised on acanthus carved cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet
Dimensions
60cm wide, 98cm high, 43cm deep
Footnote
This chair with its distinctive shell back is nearly identical to the famous set of chairs 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. Other chairs of related design are illustrated in Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century: Vol. II (The Waverley Book Company Limited, London), figs. 38-40, pp.47-48.