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Description: Pair of George II Japanned Walnut Caned Side Chairs
Circa 1730
Each top rail with gilded shell, the splat of one decorated with pavilions, the other with flowers and foliage, the uprights decorated with figures and unusual geometric reserves on a turquoise ground, the shaped seat rails centered by masks, raised on cabriole legs joined by shaped and turned stretchers and ending in pointed pad feet.
Height of backrest 41 inches (1.04 m), width 16 1/2 inches (42 cm), height of seat 15 3/4 inches (40 cm), width 18 1/2 inches (47 cm), depth 15 inches (38.1 cm), width overall 20 inches (50.8 cm).
These chairs were almost certainly made in London for export to Spain. The material and construction of the chairs are identical to other surviving examples of London-made japanned furniture for the export market, with particularly brilliant colors to the decoration. They differ from other chairs of this type in being decorated directly onto the walnut ground with the natural wood serving as a background. The quality and character of the japanning is comparable to the work of Giles Grendey and John Belchier for the export market. The curved center stretcher is a characteristic of Grendey''s work; cf. a set of four related side chairs attributed to Grendey, Christie''s London, June 6-9, 1983,
Collection of Mrs. Robert Tritton, Godmersham Park, Canterbury, Kent, lot 24.
Provenance:
Pelham Galleries, London
Acquired from the above,
The International Fine Art and Antiques Show, New York, October 2005
The Noel and Harriette Levine Collection