$150,000 / set
Superb Set of Eight George II Dining Chairs
By Giles Grendey
Located in Greenwich, CT
A superb set of eight George II carved mahogany dining chairs having a carved crest rail with a pierced and carved splat, carved styles, having a drop in seat on substantial carved c...
Mahogany
Antique Early Georgian Armchair Attributed to Giles Grendey (1693-1780)
By Giles Grendey
Located in San Francisco, CA
Long ago, it’s likely an original needlepointed cover succumbed to the generations, to be replaced by this timeless velvet upholstery on the drop-in seat. This chair’s style is parti...
Velvet, Walnut
$8,636 / set
Set Queen Anne Dining Chairs Walnut Furniture
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 12 Queen Anne Style Dining Chairs. These Chairs are in the Style of Giles Grendey.
Walnut
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
Pair of 18c Style Giles Grendey Inspired Burton-Ching Red Chinoiserie Arm Chairs
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
18c Style Giles Grendey Inspired Burton-Ching Red Chinoiserie Arm Chairs - A Pair
Wood
Rare English George II Walnut Shepherd’s Crook Armchair with Period Needlework
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
The overall handling of the form, particularly the sculptural back, the assured drawing of the shepherd’s crook arms, and the quality of the leg carving, aligns closely with early Lo...
Mahogany
Pair of George II Burr Walnut Side Chairs
By Giles Grendey
Located in London, Middlesex
Each chair has a gently curving top rail carved with a central shell and foliage; the tops of the sinuous side rails curve round to join the top of the wide inverted baluster splat. ...
Walnut
Unavailable
H 39.77 in W 22.05 in D 20.87 in
Pair of George II Burr Walnut and Figured Walnut Side Chairs
By Giles Grendey
Located in London, GB
The quality of this pair of chairs, pronounced stylistic elements and provenance offer a firm attribution, to them being made by the celebrated cabinetmaker Giles Grendey, who was bo...
Walnut
A Pair Of George III Chair Back Settees
By Giles Grendey
Located in Dublin, GB
In the manner of Giles Grendey Minor differences in size. English, London, Circa 1750s Height: 37.5 inches, 95.5cm Width: 57.5 inches & 50 inches (147.5cm & 127cm ) Depth: 28 inche...
Mahogany
Set of Eight Mahogany Dining Chairs by Marsh, Jones and Cribb
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A set of eight mahogany dining chairs by Marsh, Jones and Cribb, in the style of the Grendey chairs at Stourhead, comprising six side chairs and two carvers, the carvers each with st...
Mahogany
Set of Eight 19th Century English Dining Chairs
By Giles Grendey
Located in New Orleans, LA
Luxuriously carved, this wonderful set of eight English Victorian antique dining chairs is patterned after the 18th-century design by important furniture maker Giles Grendey (1693-17...
Wood
Set of 12 Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs, after Giles Grendey
Located in Long Island City, NY
Set of 12 carved mahogany dining chairs, after Giles Grendey. Two armchairs and ten side chairs.
Mahogany, Upholstery
Sold
H 41.34 in W 27.96 in D 18.51 in
18th Century George II Scarlet/Red Japanned Corner Cupboard, Att. Giles Grendey
By Giles Grendey
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Accession Number: 37.114 A George II scarlet japanned chair labelled Giles Grendey. Supplied to the Duke of Infantado, castle of Lazcano near San Sebastian, Spain.
Lacquer
Sold
H 19.3 in W 24.02 in D 17.52 in
Fine Quality Leather Upholstered Desk Chair After a Design by Giles Grende
By Giles Grendey
Located in Benington, Herts
A fine quality 19th century leather upholstered desk, armchair after a design by Giles Grendey (This chair possibly being Irish), circa 1860.
Leather, Oak
George II Mahogany Bureau Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Lymington, GB
The ‘Cabinet-Maker and Chair-Maker’ Giles Grendey was described in 1740 as ”A great Dealer in the Cabinet Way”.
Mahogany
Handsome Late Victorian Leather Carved Wing Chair
By Giles Grendey
Located in Benington, Herts
A very handsome and well carved late Victorian leather upholstered mahogany wing back armchair in the manner of Giles Grendey. This extremely well drawn chair of imposing size has ...
Leather, Mahogany
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H 39.5 in W 27.5 in D 23 in
Walnut and Leather Armchair Desk Chair after Giles Grendey, Late 19th Century
By Giles Grendey
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality, beautifully hand carved and constructed walnut armchair in the manner of Giles Grendey (1693-1780). Hoop back design being of open strap work with carved decorative ...
Leather, Walnut
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H 41 in W 21 in D 17 in
19th Century English Queen Anne Style Chinoiserie Scarlett Lacquer Side Chair
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century English Queen Anne style chinoiserie Scarlett lacquer side chair. Late 19th century red japanned side chair in the manner of Giles Grendey (English, 1693-1780).
Wood
Near Pair of Walnut Rococo Single Chairs
By Giles Grendey
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
Lucy Wood, in her book 'The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery: Volume I' (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008), references and illustrates a chair sim...
Walnut
Sold
H 40.16 in W 25.99 in D 25.2 in
19th Century Oak Side Chair After a Design Attributed to Giles Grendy
By Giles Grendey
Located in Mosman Park, AU
A good quality 19th century George II style English carved and joined oak side chair, after a design attributed to Giles Grendy (1693-1780). The original design for this chair circa ...
Oak
George I Walnut Armchair in the Manner of Giles Grendey
By Giles Grendey
Located in Knutsford, GB
The ‘Cabinet-Maker and Chair-Maker’ Giles Grendey, who was described in 1740 as ‘A great Dealer in the Cabinet Way’, carried out a considerable export trade from Aylesbury House in St.
Georgian Style Superbly Carved Mahogany Open Armchair
By Giles Grendey
Located in Suffolk, GB
An early 20th century profusely carved Georgian style mahogany open armchair of superb proportions in the manner of Giles Grendey (circa 1740). The chair consists of an upholster...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$74,975 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.8 in
Set of 12 Exquisite "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charger Plates
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite set of 12 "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charges was realized in America in 1905. Each plate has heavily detailed boarders featuring a Kylix cup amid scrolling s...
Sterling Silver
$41,123
H 28.35 in W 30.32 in D 12.21 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Adjustable Lamp Base with Later Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...
Bronze
English Regency Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency (19th Century) mahogany dining table with three square pedestal bases having four fluted splayed legs with ebonized trim
Mahogany
$291,959 / set
H 137.8 in W 137.8 in D 137.8 in
Italian Renaissance Style Set Dining Room 16 Pieces Walnut Hand-Carved
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FQ58 Period: 19th century Style: Renaissance Dining room of the School of Arts in Monza, 19th century, walnut hand-carved consists of: sideboard showcase with leaded cathedra...
Leather, Glass, Walnut
$36,000
H 10 in Dm 13.75 in
Dinner Service, 86 Piece, Flow Blue and White, Classic Onion Meissen Pattern
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Montreal, Quebec
86 piece dinner service with the marking: "Original ZWIEBELMUSTER, Czechoslovakia", in the Classic Blue Onion, Meissen Pattern, comprising: 24 dinner plates, 9.5" diameter 12...
Porcelain
English made carved walnut jupe dining table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
This is an example of a fine quality walnut veneered jupe table made in England. These tables take approximately 10 weeks to commission and make and can also be made with customer ...
Brass
$175,175
H 87.41 in W 74.81 in D 27.17 in
Important Renaissance Cabinet from Lyon 'France' with a Decor of Perspectives
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
As soon as 1540 France's second Renaissance is in the making, intimately linked to the rediscovery of the Antique world. The development of the printing and engraving industry allows...
Walnut
$3,600Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 37.25 in W 21.25 in D 21 in
George III English Ladderback Dining Chairs Set of 6, Fine Velvet Upholstery
Located in Miami, FL
George III English Ladderback Dining Chairs Set of 6, Fine Velvet Upholstery Offered for sale is a set of six fine English George III ladderback dining chairs upholstered in velvet...
Brass
$502,500
H 31 in W 61 in D 36 in
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: An Exquisite Ormolu and Églomisé Bureau Plat
By Maison Jansen
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A Timeless Masterpiece: The Exquisite Bureau Plat of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor In the world of fine art and antiques, certain pieces transcend time, becoming symbols of opul...
Bronze, Ormolu
$205,619
H 74 in W 84 in D 41 in
Antique French Parquetry and Bronze Cartonnier Writing Desk with Clock
Located in London, GB
Cartonnier in the Louis XVI Manner after the Original by Simon Oeben Constructed in kingwood and having extensive parquetry inlay, with well cast and extensive fire gilt bronze enha...
Bronze
$616,858
H 60 in W 43.5 in D 18 in
Rare French Marquetry and Gilt Bronze Secretaire with Architecture Scenes
Located in London, GB
A Truly Magnificent 19th century Secre´taire a` Abattant by Maison Rogie´ of Paris After the original in the Wallace Collection, London, made in 1777 by Pierre-Antoine Foullet Con...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$479,778 / set
H 107.49 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Monumental Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra by Beurdeley
By Maison Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Monumental gilt and patinated bronze candelabra by Beurdeley French, late 19th century Measures: Height 273cm, width 90cm, depth 90cm This opulent, monumental pair of candelabra...
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Early 19th Century Regency mahogany extendable dining table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th Century Regency mahogany extendable dining table raised on two trefoil lotus pods supported by outswept legs. Terminating on reeded brass toe caps and casters.
Brass
14 Queen Anne Dining Chairs Mahogany Set
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 14 (12 + 2) mahogany Queen Anne style dining chairs. These quality chairs are raised upon cabriole front legs with pad feet and swept back legs. Circa 1920 The chairs feature ...
Mahogany
Magnificent George IV Period Ormolu Chandelier by Messenger & Phipson
By Messenger & Phipson
Located in London, GB
A George IV period gilt bronze chandelier In the Régence Manner By Messenger & Phipson The 8-light chandelier of gilt bronze constructed around a central baluster and vasiform s...
Ormolu
$1,028,097
H 33.47 in W 44.49 in D 24.81 in
Russian Malachite and Silver Table by Imperial Silversmiths the Grachev Brothers
By Grachev Brothers
Located in London, GB
Russian malachite and silver table by Imperial silversmiths the Grachev Brothers Russian, 1884 Measures: Height 85cm, width 113cm, depth 63cm This beautiful silver table was man...
Malachite, Silver
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Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
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