Walnut Wall Brackets

This beautifully antique wall bracket was carved in the Alps Mountains of France, circa 1870. Half circle in shape, the fruitwood corner shelf console features fine hand carved nature motifs including a caprinae head figure with glass eyes (or goat, antelope), foliage and tree branches. The small corbel...

Decorate a wall with this elegant pair of antique walnut corbels. Crafted in Southern France, circa 1860, each fruitwood wall bracket features a motif reminiscent of classical or Roc...

This exquisite pair of 19th-century Italian hand-carved walnut brackets features angels who elegantly support the shelf surface. Designed to hold small lightweight decorative items, ...

This beautifully antique wall brackets were carved in the Alps Mountains of France, circa 1870. Half circle in shape, each fruitwood shelf consol...

Exceptional and rare walnut claustra made in the 1930s tailored for a castle. Beautiful fish scale pattern typical from the art deco period. This han...

This beautifully antique wall bracket was carved in the Alps Mountains of France, circa 1870. Half circle in shape, the fruitwood shelf console features fine hand carved nature motifs including a deer figure, foliage and tree branches. The corbel console...

Geographically speaking, “Black Forest” denotes the forested mountain range in southwest Germany. Since the early 1800’s, the phrase has been used to describe elaborate animal wood carvings, as the figures were thought to have originated in the Black Forest of Germany. It is believed that in the 1850s, the Trauffer’s, a family of woodcarvers, began popularizing the “black forest style” through their handicrafts, furniture making and their instruction in carving at a school in Brienz Switzerland. The popular notion that the Black Forest style has its roots in the the Bavarian Black Forest, in Germany, is likely mistaken. By 1910 there were some 1,300 cottage industries of woodcarvers in the environs of Brienz and the Black Forest style of carving became a major economic force and home industry throughout Switzerland. The communities of Luzern and Interlaken also became noted for these handicrafts. The popularity of black forest carvings was driven by both a strong tourist industry and the crafts movement. The “Black Forest” style describes wooden sculptures or carved replicas of nature’s bounty, incorporated into the design of household items. Antique Black Forest handicrafts exemplify Swiss folk art traditions and are seen in carved clock cases, hall trees, desks, picture frames, chairs and all variety of decorative objects and furnishings. Walnut and linden wood is typically used. The black forest style is the accomplished carving and trained whittling of realistic tree branches, twigs, bears, birds, deer, rabbits, edelweiss flowers and such Both of the brackets seen here feature a small, shaped shelf with a thin recessed molding along the underside. They rest on top of a tripartite tree trunk support, just above an eagle with wings displayed and expanded perched on a branch. Each eagle grips its prey with its talons. Additional branches dotted with small flowers surround each bird. The birds have been presented looking in opposite directions, allowing for them to be displayed on either side of a piece of art or architectural element. Our pair of Swiss black forest eagle wall brackets...

Beautiful antique Black Forest wall rack for letters. The rack is beautifully refined, each shelf has its own animal. We see a rabbit, foxes and birds. It is a beautiful piece of cra...

Walnut wood hook, made by Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien in the 1950s Excellent original condition. A set of four.

An adorable pair of French Art Nouveau wall brackets with beautifully carved floral motifs from circa the 1920s. Dimensions: height: 15 cm / 5.9 in; width: 14 cm / 5.51 in; depth: 1...

A hanging wall bracket with one drawer decorated with nailheads.

Pair Antique German Black Forest Wood-Carved wall brackets, Circa 1920's.