ID 819975
Lot 370 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD WALL BRACKETS
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
CIRCA 1750
Each with a shaped shelf above a waved ruffled band above foliate-ornamented C-scrolls centered by a perched dragon, with old shipping labels, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
20 3/4 in. (53 cm.) high, 14 1/4 in. (36 cm.) wide, 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly commissioned by Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl of Fauconberg of Newborough (1699-1774), Newburgh Priory, near Coxwold, North Yorkshire.
Thence by descent to Lady Charlotte Wynn Belasyse (d. 1825), eldest daughter of Henry, 2nd Earl of Fauconberg (d.1802).
Thence to her sister Lady Anne, who married Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Bart. (1769-1846).
Thence to their son Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Bart., who inherited the Newburgh Priory.
Thence by descent to Sir Frederick Philip Alfred William Wombwell, 6th Bart. (1910-1977), by whom sold Frank Lumb & Sons Ltd., Harrogate, Yorkshire.
With Simon Redburn, London.
Gerald Hochschild, Paris.
The Hochschild Collection of Highly Important English Furniture; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1978, lot 47.
Acquired from Partridge, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1979.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Wall bracket |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Wall bracket |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cupboards |
| Address of auction |
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