Apter-Fredericks

Important 18th & 19th Century Antique Furniture

Memorable Pieces

An Outstanding & Highly Important Side Cabinet Attributed to S. Jamar
An Important George III Mahogany Library Table of Superb Colour & Quality
A Most Exceptional George III Mahogany Serpentine Fronted Chest on Chest
A Magnificent Carlton House Boulle-Inlaid Table Designed for George, The Prince of Wales, The Prince Regent,
A George III Parcel-Gilt and Painted Satinwood Pier Table
A Pair of George III Giltwood Armchairs By Thomas Chippendale
An Important Pair of Regency Period Rosewood Side Cabinets
A Pair of George III Blue John Cassolettes by Matthew Boulton
A George II Walnut Side Chair
A George III Sycamore, Tulipwood Rosewood and Marquetry Pembroke Table
An Outstanding Campana Vase in Blue John or Derbyshire Fluorspar
A Pair of Nineteenth Century Bronze and Ormolu Oil Lamps
A George III Chippendale Period Sidetable
A Rare Queen Anne Blue Japanned Bureau Cabinet
A George III Chippendale Period Carved Mahogany Commode
A Very Rare Pair of Cloisonné Cranes
Saved For The Nation
A George III Rolled Paperwork Box, decorated by Mary Earnshaw of Wakefield in 1795
A George II Period Carved Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Attributed to Giles Grendey
A George III Inlaid Occasional Table in the Manner of Pierre Langlois
A George II Period Pedestal
A Pair of George III Period Satinwood, Decorated and Parcel-Gilt Side Tables
The Spencer Perceval armchair from the Palace of Westminster
A Pierre Langlois Commode
A Pair of Robert Adam designed Giltwood Torcheres
A Rosewood and brass mounted side table by John McLean
A George III Mahogany Card Table in the Manner of Ince & Mayhew
A Jewel in the Crown of Queen Anne Furniture
An Expanding Circular Dining Table by Robert Jupe
A Fine Pair of Harewood And Inlaid Side Tables by William Gates
A Pair of Queen Anne Walnut Stools
A George II Carved Mahogany Side-table Attributed to Giles Grendey
A Very Rare Pair of Queen Anne Giltwood Border Glass Mirrors
A Regency Period Gilt, Ebonised and Decorated Wall Sconce
A Regency Period Hall Seat Attributed to George Bullock
A Pair of Georgian Dolphin 'Slab' Tables in the Manner of James Richards, after the Designs by William Kent
A George III Regency Period Convex Mirror by Thomas Fentham

The following images, taken from our archives, illustrate a small selection of pieces we have handled over the past 60 years and which have given us special pleasure and enjoyment. Either for the pieces themselves, their origins or the collections in which they have been placed.

A Georgian Carved Mahogany Side-table

A George II Carved Mahogany Side-table Attributed to Giles Grendey

Height: 32" 81cm
Width: 39" 99cm
Depth: 21" 53.5cm

The mahogany top, which has faded and developed a rich patination, sits above a single drawer decorated with a cross-hatched trellis design on the front and sides.

The top supported on the most superbly carved and shaped apron with cabochons and foliage set against an incised trellis pattern background. The carving, which is particularly crisp, is extremely well patinated which adds to its three dimensional appearance.

The finely proportioned cabriole legs have acanthus leaf decoration to the knees and carved lions paw feet. Unusually, except on the best pieces, the back legs are treated in the same manner as the front legs.

English, Circa 1750

ATTRIBUTION
A clothes press, illustrated in the Dictionary of English Furniture and now at the Victoria & Albert Museum has been attributed to Giles Grendey. This attribution has been made based on the serpentine fielded panels in the doors which are regarded as a particular motif used by Grendey.

This motif may be seen on two known pieces by Grendey, (both bear the maker's label) and one of the cabinets also has a carved apron, similar in feeling and style to the apron on this table.

The clothes press in the Victoria & Albert Museum has a carved stand which not only employs all the same motifs as this table, but on close examination of the carving it is clear that they are by the same hand.

Reference:
The Dictionary of English Furniture Volume II. Page 164, Fig. 18
Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Pieces. Page 240, Fig 432 & 433
The London Furniture Makers. Sir Ambrose Heal. Fig 28, Page 245