A PAIR OF GEORGE II GREEN, GILT AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GREEN, GILT AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO GILES GRENDEY, CIRCA 1735

Closed19 October 2023

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GREEN, GILT AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILES GRENDEY, CIRCA 1735
Each with caned backrest with a double arched crest rail centered by a carved stylized shell flanked by S-scrolls above a baluster splat and caned seats, on shell-carved cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet joined by stretchers, one chair incised II to front inside seat rail, the seat cushions covered on both sides in 18th century silk brocade with metallic ground, circa 1730-1740
41 in. (104.1 cm.) high, 21 in. (53.3 cm.) wide, 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

By repute, R.A. Lee, Ormeley Lodge, Ham Common, Surrey (the chairs).
The Property of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; Christie's, New York, 23 October 1982, lot 186 (the chairs).
Acquired from Norton Rosenbaum & Co., New York, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1982 (the chairs).
The Bernheimer Family Collection of Textiles; Christie's, London, 2 October 1996, lot 396 (the textile).
Acquired through Spink, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1996 (the textile).

Specialist note

These chairs were formerly in the Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg, in the upper middle room (acc. no. 1936-285-1-6).