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Nov 11, 2025
English, circa 1740s, in the matter of Giles Grendey, each of very large scale and robust form, elaborately carved with foliage, bellflowers, and eagles heads, with satyr mask carved front knees and hairy lion's paw feet, one marked "IIII" and the other marked "VI", 43-1/2 x 33-1/2 x 29 in.
Provenance: one chair with early label "The Seed Collection"; probably William Randolph Hearst; George F. Baker, New York; Walter P. Chrysler Jr., acquired from Frank Partridge, Inc., New York; The Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Collection of English Furniture, sold Park Bernet Galleries, New York, April 29-30, 1960, lot 127;
One of these chairs, or an identical example, is illustrated in R. W. Symonds article 'The Chair with the Shell Back' in Antique Collector (October 1956) p. 177-182 as one of a pair belonging to William Randolph Hearst.
For more on the design precedents and history of this important pair of chairs, see our website. The Jerold Krouse Collection
one chair with early label "The Seed Collection"; probably William Randolph Hearst; George F. Baker, New York; Walter P. Chrysler Jr., acquired from Frank Partridge, Inc., New York; The Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Collection of English Furniture, sold Park Bernet Galleries, New York, April 29-30, 1960, lot 127;
One of these chairs, or an identical example, is illustrated in R. W. Symonds article 'The Chair with the Shell Back' in Antique Collector (October 1956) p. 177-182 as one of a pair belonging to William Randolph Hearst.
For more on the design precedents and history of this important pair of chairs, see our website. The Jerold Krouse Collection
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