18th-Century George II Mahogany Linen Press, Attributed, Giles Grendey
By Giles Grendey
Located in Montreal, QC
the reverse ogee moulded cornice and stylised Greek key frieze above a pair of shaped fielded doors with acanthus carved moulded borders, enclosing three linen slides, over two short drawers, with two long graduated drawers below, on shaped ogee bracket feet, The distinctive serpentine shaped and fielded panelling of the doors on the present lot conform to a type much utilised and favoured by the cabinet maker Giles Grendey during the period, circa 1740-55. Among the various examples of Grendey furniture which incorporate this characteristic feature, perhaps the most notable comparable appears illustrated in both R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet...
1750s English George II Antique Giles Grendey Furniture
Mahogany







