Live Auction 5251Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
Lot 290 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS

CIRCA 1740, IN THE MANNER OF GILES GRENDEY

Closed1 April 2014

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GBP 5,000

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS
CIRCA 1740, IN THE MANNER OF GILES GRENDEY
With cartouche-panelled doors enclosing three oak trays above two short drawers and one long drawer with oak linings, on ogee feet
74.1/4 in. (188.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 23.1/2 in. (60 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Similar cartouche-panelled doors are first seen on linen presses labelled by the London maker Giles Grendey (1693-1780), then on presses by Philip Bell and Henry Kettle. In this case, the old-fashioned cornice and low height suggests a second quarter 18th century date of manufacture.