A fine pair of George II burr and figured walnut side chairs circa 1730

Ensuite with the following lot.

The chairs stamped V and IV respectively to the seat rails; appear to retain their original drop-in seats. Chair V: in good condition with small infilled chips to tops of stiles, some old worm damage to seat rails, the front corners with later cross stretchers to rails, the back rail possibly with an old veneer patch; some old worm damage to drop in seat and with minor losses and institching and restoration to needlework, the needlework is associated. Chair IV: in good condition with some minor infilled chips to edges of stiles and cresting rail, the back rail appears to have possibly an old veneer patch, the front corners with later cross braces to the rails, some minor old worm damage to seat rails, each with some small infill chips and nicks to veneers of seat rails. Nice color and surface, chairs are sturdy and with the usual minor nicks, bruises, and wear consistent with age and use. Please note that the drop-in seat for chair IV is stamped III.
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These fine walnut side chairs, and the following lot, are related to several chairs and suites of chairs attributed to the Clerkenwell workshop of Giles Grendey. Chief among these are a set of six in the Carnegie Museum of Art which bear Grendey's label and which are illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.242. fig 434. Several other closely related examples exist, notably a chair at Temple Newsam House, illustrated in C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, 1987, vol. I, p.74, no. 56; another from the collection of Frank Partridge is illustrated by R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954, vol. I, p.257, fig. 95 and a further chair from the collection of the Late Duchess of Wellington is illustrated in P. Macquoid, The Age of Walnut, 1905, p.206, fig. 192. Three similar pairs of chairs attributed to Grendey from Collection of Sir James and Lady Horlick sold at Sotheby’s, London, June 5, 2007, lots 25-27.  A similar side chair in the manner of Grendey sold at Sotheby’s, London, Fawley House Sale, October 14-15, 2003, lot 24.