A George II mahogany clothes press


in the manner of Giles GrendeyCirca 1750, 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, 128cm wide x 64cm deep x 183cm high, (50in wide x 25in deep x 72in high)
|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-Makers, Circa 1700-1800, fig. 49, p. 144 and A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, pl. 373 & p. 210. The doors on this related clothes press also have carved moulded borders encompassing its fielded panels which are similar in style to those on the offered model.