Wall bracket
style of Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779)
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
1760 - 1800
Materials
Giltwood
Measurements
340 x 220 x 180 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871324.1
Summary
One of a pair of Chippendale style carved giltwood wall brackets, the shelves supported by eagles with out stretched wings perching on 'C' scrolls mounted in leafage and flowers.
Provenance
Depicted in a photograph c.1900 and thence by descent to Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951) 4th Earl of Morley and accepted by HM Treasury from his Executors as that part of the contents to be acquired using funds from the National Land Fund to defray the Estate Duty otherwise payable and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
style of Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779) , cabinetmaker