A Pair of George II Walnut Side Chairs Attributed to Giles Grendey, Circa 1740
Auction Closed
June 18, 08:33 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
with arched shell and foliate carved toprails and a solid vase-shaped splat with well-figured walnut veneers and a bell-flower carved shoe, the needlework-upholstered drop-in seats with plain rails, on acanthus-clasp headed cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet
height 39 ¾ in.; width 22 in.; depth 21 in.
101 cm; 55.9 cm; 53.3 cm
Supplied to Augustine Earle (1692-1762) for Heydon Hall, Norfolk;
By descent at Heydon to Mrs. Granville Duff, by whom a set of six sold Christie’s London, 11 December 1930, lot 62 (820 gns to Camerons as a set of six);
Herbert Rothbarth at Checkendon Court, Berkshire by whom sold Christie’s London, 26 May 1960, lot 27 (1,200 gns as a set of six);
Phillips of Hitchin, Hertfordshire October 1961 and exhibited at The London Antique Dealers Fair;
Property of a Rhode Island Family, acquired from the above from the set of six;
Christie’s New York, The Connoisseur’s Eye, 2 June 2015, lot 144;
Rolleston, London.
‘Heydon Hall, Norfolk’, Country Life, 22 December 1923, p. 905, fig. 10.
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