A GEORGE II RED JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT BUREAU BOOKCASE, CIRCA 1735

Christie's New York, 28 October 1994, lot 29

Sotheby's New York, 18 October 1997, lot 363

Property from the Kentucky Residence of Dorothy and Wendell Cherry, Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2012, lot 186

Christopher Gilbert, 'Furniture by Giles Grendey for the Spanish Trade', Antiques, April 1971, pp. 544-550.

Christopher Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, 1978, pp. 79-81.

Giles Grendey

Grendey's first workshop was at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, moving to premises in St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, in 1722 where he developed a thriving export trade. It was reported in various newspapers on August 7, 1731, including the Daily Post and Daily Advertiser, that Grendey was described as being 'the greatest loser, among the stock destroyed being "an easy Chair of such rich and curious Workmanship, that he had refus'd 500 guineas for it, bring intended, 'tis said to be purchas'd by a Person of Quality who design'd it as a Present to a German Prince' and furniture to the value of £1,000, which he "had pack'd for Exportation against the next Morning." Like much of Grendey's furniture, many pieces retain his printed paper trade label, together with a number of stamped initials which can be identified with the names of his apprentices. These labels and initials have allowed a number of attributions to be made which have expanded his oeuvre, his actual documented work being very sparse.