A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD BRACKETS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD BRACKETS

Each with bowfronted top with concave sides supported by a Zephyr mask with wings and watery scallop-shell backplate, re-gilt
14¾in. (37.5cm.) wide; 13¼in. (33.5cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

These serpentine light-brackets are supported by youthful Zephyr-heads emerging from assymetrically-scrolled cartouches of Roman acanthus and are designed in the George II 'picturesque' manner. They recall the Elements and relate to corbel patterns illustrated in Abraham Swan's British Architect, 1745