£945
Auction: Day 1
the shaped ladder backs above wide stuffover needlework seats with close nail trim, raised on square legs joined by stretchers (2)
58cm wide, 93cm high, 48cm deep
Note: The design for these chairs can be attributed to the London furniture maker Giles Grendey, who is known to have made this model. A related chair is illustrated in C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds 1996, p.242, pl.436. and is one of a set of labelled chairs in Newport Church, Essex.