A PAIR OF GEORGE II RED AND GILT-JAPANNED OPEN ARMCHAIRS

A PAIR OF GEORGE II RED AND GILT-JAPANNED OPEN ARMCHAIRS
BY GILES GRENDEY, CIRCA 1735-40
Each decorated with chinoiserie scenes of courtly figures bearing parasols in landscapes, surrounded by scrolling foliage, birds and strapwork, the vase-shaped splat and shaped stiles above a bowed, caned seat with yellow silk squab cushiond, the shaped, scrolled arms with serpentine supports, on cabriole legs joined by shaped moulded stretchers, on pad feet, one with craftsman's stamp 'HW' and 'A' to back and with fragmentary handwritten paper label, the other stamped 'HW' and labelled 'GILES GRENDEY, St John's Square, Clerkenwell, LONDON, Makes and Sells all Sorts of CABINET GOODS, Chairs, Tables, Glasses, .', re-caned, the decoration refreshed
44 in. (112 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) wide; 32 ½ in. (60 cm.) deep

Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to either Don Juan Raimundo de Arteaga-Lazcano y Chiriboga (d. 1761), III Marqués de Valmediano, El Señor de la Casa de Lazcano con Grandeza de España for Lazcano Castle, Guipúzcoa, San Sebastián, Spain, circa 1735-40 and by descent at Lazcano
Or, to Don Juan de Dios de Silva Mendoza y Sandoval, X Duque del Infantado (1672-1737), or his daughter, Doña Maria Teresa de Silva y Mendoza, XI Duquesa del Infantado (1707-1770), and by descent with the Dukes of Infantado to
Don Joaquín Maria de Arteaga-Lazcano y Echagüe Silva-Bazán (1870-1947), 17th Duque del Infantado, Lazcano who disposed of a large part of the suite in 1930.