Pair of Carved Giltwood Brackets
A very finely carved pair of carved gilt-wood wall brackets in the manner of Grinling Gibbons each with shaped shelves above deeply carved acanthus leafs, flowers, buds, ears of wheat and foliage
Height 29 cm (11.75 inches)
Width 24.5 cm (10 inches)
Depth 15.5 cm (6.25 inches)
English. 19th Century
Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Gibbons was born to English parents in Holland, where he was educated.
