A GEORGE II MAHOGANY STOOL ATTRIBUTED TO GILES GRENDEY

The stool is comparable to a suite of labelled seat furniture that Grendey supplied to Gunton Hall in Norfolk. Its hipped knees and cleft scroll toes are typical of Grendey’s work.

The stool:

English, circa 1755

The needlework:

English, circa 1730

Height: 18 in; 46 cm
Width: 26 in; 66 cm
Depth: 18 ½ in; 47 cm

Provenance:
Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, Philippines.

Illustrated:

Ronald Phillips Ltd., 2006 catalogue, p. 130.

Literature:

Christopher Gilbert, A Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 -1840, 1996, p. 243, figs. 437- 8.