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Wall Bracket, one of pair

DateCa. 1770

OriginEngland

MediumScots pine, gesso, gold-leaf

DimensionsOH: 15 3/4"

Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage

Object number1990-278,2

DescriptionPair of wall brackets each with a shaped plateau carved with stylized leaves and supported on an eagle, a deeply scalloped and leaf-carved asymmetrical pendant below, the eagles facing each other.
Label TextDescribed by Thomas Chippendale as “brackets for busts,” asymmetrical carved and gilt wall brackets were often used to display ceramic ornaments.
ProvenanceBernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc. New York

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