A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS

CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS
Circa 1790
Each with a bowed molded platform with shell-carved frieze, above a ribbed support flanked by ram masks and ending in a platform over ribbon-tied husks, one lacking element of fluted carving, regilt, some elements of foliate carving replaced
16in. (42cm.) high, 12in. (32cm.) wide, 7in. (19cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Purchased from Glaisher and Nash Ltd., London, December 1971 (900).

Lot Essay

While these brackets do not appear to correspond to any particular pattern, they exemplify the classical taste as promoted by architects Robert Adam and James Wyatt. The rams' heads in profile appear on a number of designs for mirrors and brackets executed in the 1770's by William and John Linnell (see H. Hayward, 'The Drawings of John Linnell in the Victoria and Albert Museum', Furniture History, 1969, figs.67, 73,95, and 101). The unusual 'batswing' pendants beneath the shelf feature on mounts used by Benjamin Vulliamy for the Prince Regent, later George IV, at Carlton House (see Carlton House: The Past Glories of George IV's Palace, exhibition catalogue, The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 1991, no.48, pl.XIV).

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