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| Pair of George II Walnut Gainsborough Chairs | |
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| A fine pair of George II walnut Gainsborough chairs in the manner of Giles Grendey. The padded arms with flowerhead terminals and acanthus-carved supports, raised on four shell-carved cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet. The backs and seats upholstered with 18th century needlepoint. The18th Century French needlepoint restored. C. Gilbert illustrates a walnut side chair from a set of twelve with a Grendey label in "The Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840", 1996, fig. 435, with distinctly similar legs and identical ball and claw feet. Fig. 438 shows an armchair with downswept arm supports and similarly carved arm terminals. |
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| Provenance: By repute, Ham House. Apter Fredericks Ltd., London | |
| Height: | 41 ins. |
| Width: | 26 ins. |
| Depth: | 28 ins. |
| Circa: | 1745 |
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