SOLD - A Pair of George II Walnut Side Chairs
Each chair having an arched shell-carved crest rail above a pierced and shell-carved splat flanked by an upholstered seat with shaped gadrooned skirt. The chairs raised on acanthus leaf capped cabriole legs termination in claw and ball feet.
These chairs are illustrated in English furniture of the Eighteenth Century and described as being by Thomas Chippendale for the Bury Family at Kateshill, Bewdley. However, they are now considered to be the work of Giles Grendey.
English, Circa 1750
Illustrated in English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century (Cescinsky), vol 2, pg 171.
Similar Chair in English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton (Cescinsky)
The English Chair (Moss Harris), pg 102
Catalogue of Old Furniture & Decorative Arts (Moss Harris), Vol II, plate 159
The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, (Lucy Wood)
Vol 1, fig 176, pg 270
 "A Pair of George II Walnut Side Chairs")
