Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS
Each with serpentine moulded top edged in waved banding above a pierced scroll centering a perched Ho-Ho bird above vine leaves and grape clusters within foliate-carved surround-19in. (47.5cm.) high, 16in. (40cm.) wide
A similar pair is illustrated in G. Janneau, Le Meuble Leger en France, 1952, fig. 24, and another pair was sold at Christie's London, 17 April 1980, lot 154. (2)
Each with serpentine moulded top edged in waved banding above a pierced scroll centering a perched Ho-Ho bird above vine leaves and grape clusters within foliate-carved surround-19in. (47.5cm.) high, 16in. (40cm.) wide
A similar pair is illustrated in G. Janneau, Le Meuble Leger en France, 1952, fig. 24, and another pair was sold at Christie's London, 17 April 1980, lot 154. (2)
Provenance
The Collection of Elizabeth Parke Firestone, sold in these Rooms, 21-23 March 1991, lot 889