Card table (from a large set)

Giles Grendey

ca. 1735–40 · Lacquered and gilded beech; lined with felt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

These are from a set of about eighty pieces of furniture, including armchairs, mirrors, candlestands, daybeds, and secretaries with japanned chinoiserie decoration, supplied by Grendey to the Duke of Infantado's castle at Lazcano in northern Spain.

Artist

Giles Grendey

Date

ca. 1735–40

Medium

Lacquered and gilded beech; lined with felt

Culture

British, Clerkenwell, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Louis J. Boury, 1937