ONE GEORGE II, CIRCA 1740, THE OTHER PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF OCHRE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WALL BRACKETS
ONE GEORGE II, CIRCA 1740, THE OTHER PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular platform with foliate-carved moulded cornice above a conforming scrolled corbel, one with later acanthus finial, redecorated
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) depth;
together with another pair of giltwood wall brackets, 19th century, the regular moulded platform above a pierced support filled with flowered trellis and with shell filling, regilt, 10 in. (25.5 cm.) high, 8 in. (20 cm.) wide, 4 in. (10 cm.) deep (4)

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Lot Essay

The bracket for bust or candelabrum, with Roman foliage issuing from its voluted and serpentined truss, is designed in the Roman fashion inspired by Inigo Jones (d.1652) and popularised by a pattern by the architect William Kent (d.1748), issued in J. Vardy, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent, 1744 (pl. 20). Related painted brackets featured in Kent's staircase decoration at Kensington Palace, while stone brackets were executed to his design for Houghton Hall, Norfolk (A. Moore, Houghton Hall, London, 1996, p. 113).

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