Driftwood Wall Brackets

An exceptional pair of mid-18th century carved and water gilt wall brackets profusely carved with acanthus leaves and swags of plump roses, ripe fruits, harebells and flower heads. ...

Beautiful pair of Italian gesso giltwood wall display brackets. This hand carved Florentine corbels feature fluted details and an aged patinated finish. Each wall shelf is ready to...

Pair of 19th Century Georgian Giltwood Mirrored Wall Brackets. Each has elaborate openwork carving with scrolling foliate motifs and stylized rocaille flourishes. Brackets feature as...

Pair of magnificent, large gilt and hand-carved wooden wall brackets in the Baroque/ Rococo style featuring elaborate and elegant foliate scrolls, measuring 22 by 14 1/2 by 10 inche...

A lovely pair of Venetian style wall brackets that feature an elegant stepped curved triangular design with a bottom finial decoration. The original giltwood finish has rich red unde...

Each with rocaille galleried shelf over a pair of phoenix birds over trailing icicles and C-scrolls.

A lovely pair of vintage Italian gilded wood and gesso wall brackets shelves, circa 1950. They are decorated with lovely roses and scrolls in a beautiful gilt patina, perfect for dis...

Antique baroque style painted and gilt decorated wall bracket, 18th century. With a mid to late 20th century marble top, a gilt decorated cupid face with wings.

Large Pair of Italian Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Acanthus Motif Wall Brackets Italy, circa 1950s A good pair of large Italian Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Acanthus Motif Wall Brac...

Display a bust or a vase on this elegant antique wall corbel; crafted in Italy, circa 1760, the large gilt wood wall bracket features hand carved scroll and acanthus leaf motifs thro...

Vintage finely carved giltwood console/bracket with faux painted green top.

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...