OF GEORGE II STYLE, AFTER A MODEL BY GILES GRENDEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY GAINSBOROUGH LIBRARY CHAIRS
OF GEORGE II STYLE, AFTER A MODEL BY GILES GRENDEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with a padded rectangular back and padded arms with rosette terminals and acanthus carved supports above a padded seat covered in close nailed green leather above cabriole legs with carved scrolling foliage on claw and ball paw feet
37½ in. (95 cm.) high; 29½ in. (75 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

These chairs, with their carved flower-head arm terminals and overall form, are derived from a model by Giles Grendy. A Grendy chair with the characteristic flower terminal formed part of the celebrated collection of Percival D. Griffiths at Sandridgebury, Hertfordshire (illustrated in Symonds, op.cit, p.155, fig.102) which was sold as part of the Griffiths sale, Christie's, London, 11 May, 1939, lot 285 (210), and again 7 April, 1983, lot 155 (11,340 including premium). See Christie's London, 23 May 2012, lot 279 for a pair of George II mahogany library armchairs, by Giles Grendy, circa 1750.

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