A PAIR OF ENGLISH MAHOGANY WALL BRACKETS

A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY WALL BRACKETS

AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY WALL BRACKETS
AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY
Each later diaper-carved shelf over griffins among pierced scrolls and foliage
21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) high, 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) wide, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964.

Literature

Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture with some furniture from other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958, pl. 310, fig. 354, p. 73.
W.H. Adams, The Eye of Thomas Jefferson, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1976, p. 50, fig. 85.
Highlights of the Untermyer Collection of English and Continental Decorative Arts, New York, 1977, no. 149, p. 83.

Exhibited

Washington D.C., The National Gallery of Art, The Eye of Thomas Jefferson, 5 June-6 September 1976.

Sale room notice

Please note, the description should read: A Pair of George II Mahogany Wall Brackets, probably mid-18th century. The revised estimate is $20,000-30,000.

Lot Essay

These brackets conform to Thomas Chippendale's 'Brackets for Busts' pattern, originally issued in his first edition of the Director (1754) and reproduced in the 3rd edition of 1762, no. CLX (left design). The original drawing is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum (20.40.1, leaf 80).

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