English Regency Large Scale Neoclassical Giltwood Wall Bracket, circa 1825

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...

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English Charles II Carolean Restoration period console or side table in original lime wash finish on elaborately carved base supported by carved putto and acanthus terms joined on sides by winged putto heads in acanthus aprons; the front with deep apron of carved acanthus and floral garlands with leaping hounds either side central putto with Verde marble top set inside acanthus carved lip. Originally purposely made as a stand for a Japanese or Chinese export lacquer cabinet...

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