Pair of Large Italian Painted Wall Brackets

Pair of Large Italian Painted Wall BracketsPair of large architectural carved, gessoed and painted wall brackets in the classical Palladian style. Italian, 18th century with later top shelves. Why we like them These splendid brackets are a decorator's dream: fabulously decorative in this distressed condition, of superb sculpltural quality and overscale proportions. Absolutely in love with them.

A very fine pair of giltwood wall brackets

1820) for the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre (d

A nearly identical example was sold Christie's London

it will equally successful perform its original function

25 in / 72 cm across

embarked on remodelling his family seat

Birmingham

Rather than being a manufacturer or retailer in a traditional sense

and sabre back supports

with shaped apron carved with flowers and scrolls

though less sophisticated example

An interesting late Georgian – early Regency mahogany canterbury or magazine rack