A GEORGE II WALNUT OPEN ARMCHAIR BY GILES GRENDEY, CIRCA 1740

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A GEORGE II WALNUT OPEN ARMCHAIR BY GILES GRENDEY, CIRCA 1740

the back seat rail bearing the trade label: GILES GRENDEY / In St. Jon's-Square, Clerkenwell / LONDON / makes and sells all sorts of cabn. / goods, chairs, and glasses.
Branded IC three times and stamped ID once on the underside of the seat rails
height 38 ¾ in.; width 28 ½ in.; depth 22 in.
98.5 cm; 72.5 cm; 56 cm

Condition Report:
In good condition with usual minor wear and age cracks particularly on splat, visible in catalogue photo. Repairs to stiles and one front talon, and splices to back feet. Surface a rich warm color with light wax polish. Some old worm holes on seat rails. One small (approx. 1/2 inch) loss to veneer of proper right seat rail.

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Provenance:
Possibly supplied to Joseph Moyle, later Copley, at Sprotborough Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire, second quarter 18th century

Possibly one of the armchairs visible in photographs of the hall and library at Sprotborough published in Country Life, 11 February 1922

John Shaffer Phipps, New York

Sotheby's New York, 21 November 1981, lot 235

M. Turpin Antiques, London