English Regency Large Scale Neoclassical Giltwood Wall Bracket, circa 1825

A large last half of the 19th century French Baroque style stained, painted, and parcel-gilt wall bracket of unusual bisected cornice form having stained chestnut shelf above compoun...

A spectacular and exceptionally rare pair of English, possibly Irish, George III circa 1800 wall brackets or shelves in 'Rustic' style, the cusped shaped tops in original 'red ochre' paint with period brass hanging tabs, the tapering 'bodies' composed of fully gilded twigs and rootwood in original finish. Provenance: The collection of Sir John Boorman at The Glebe, Annamoe, County Wicklow, Ireland. The 'Rustic' style in design emerged in Great Britain from the 'Picturesque' movement within Romanticism of the 18th century as a quiet rebellion against the formality of Baroque and Neoclassical architectural styles and was largely ephemeral due to it's inherently specific application; that it being intended for the 'cottage orné', follies, and grottos of the landed gentry. Frances Collard states "Rustic furniture, particularly that made of untrimmed branches and roots, appeared in the designs of Thomas Chippendale and Thomas Johnson and were featured in an anonymous work published by Josiah Taylor's 'Architectural Library, "Ideas for Rustic Furniture", from 1790-5". The Duke of Buccleuch...

A wonderful and unusual English circa 1825 George IV period armchair having walnut frame with allover turned "bobbin" carving, the rectangular back with four support spindles and uph...

A circa 1830 English regency George IV / William IV period solid mahogany double-sided library or writing table of large scale and rectangular form, the possibly original black leath...

This is a very large scale Italian carved giltwood wall bracket. It is a majestic mid-century piece. I believe the bird to be a Ho Ho bird...

3-1022 English oversized carved wood wall bracket/shelf.

The shaped top on a C-scroll and acanthus support inset with a porcelain plaque with a Chinoiserie decor. From the collection of celebrated interior designer Mario Buatta whose taste for Chinoiserie is well documented. Blue chip socialites, business tycoons such as the Newhouses and the Forbes, as well as pop stars (Mariah Carey...

Pair of English Chippendale carved pine and painted wall brackets with shell and swan motif. Late 18th Century.