The settee in situ at Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire, circa 1907
Courtesy of Country Life/Future Publishing Ltd
THE PERCIVAL GRIFFITHS RAMSBURY MANOR SETTEE, The settee: English, circa 1750
The associated needlework cover: English, circa 1750
Height of seat: 1 ft 5½ in; 44.5 cm
Width: 6 ft 4 in; 193 cm
Depth: 2 ft 6½ in; 77.5 cm
Further images
A George II mahogany settee attributed to Giles Grendey.
Note: The two internal seat stretchers connecting front and back are restorations, as are the concealed castors.
A George II mahogany settee attributed to Giles Grendey.
Note: The two internal seat stretchers connecting front and back are restorations, as are the concealed castors.
Provenance
Sir Francis Burdett, 8th Baronet, Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire, England, until 1906;
Percival D. Griffiths, Sandridgebury, Hertfordshire, England;
Private collection, USA.
Exhibitions
Photographed:
At Ramsbury Manor, Country Life, circa 1907; unpublished.
At Sandridgebury, Country Life, 1922; unpublished.
Literature
Illustrated:
Percy Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, vol. III, ‘The Age of Mahogany’, 1906, p. 119.
Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. III, 1927, p. 100, fig. 44.
Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, revised edition, 1954, vol III, p. 91, fig. 45.
Christian Jussel and William DeGregorio, English Furniture 1680-1760: The Percival D. Griffiths Collection, 2023, vol. I, p. 144, fig. 132.
