Giles Grendey
Pair of Side Chairs

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ArtistAttributed to Giles GrendeyEnglish, 1693–1780

CultureEnglish

Titles

Pair of Side Chairs

Datec. 1730

MediumWalnut with other woods, and wool

Dimensions.1: 41 × 22 1/4 × 22 3/4 in. (104.1 × 56.5 × 57.8 cm)
.2: 41 1/8 × 22 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (104.5 × 56.5 × 56.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long, and the Director's Accessions Endowment

Object number2010.43.1,.2

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

FURNITURE

ProvenanceFrank Partridge, 26 King's Street, St James's, London, 1930s; [Richard Courtney Ltd, London, at the Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, 1987]; private collector, New York City, 1987; [Richard Courtney, Ltd., 2009]; purchased by MFAH 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in ink on white label, underside front of seat: "QUEEN ANNE CHAIR / CARTWRIGHT"

No apparent signature.

Marked in black ono white plaque, underside back of seat: "FRANK PARTRIDGE / WORKS OF ART / 26, KING ST. ST. JAMES'S / AND / NEW YORK"

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