Please complete the form to email this item.

Bracket

Bracket

  • Place of origin:

    Paris (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1700-ca. 1715 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Carved and gilt oak, and pine

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Sir Charles and Lady Allom in memory of their son

  • Museum number:

    W.563-1921

  • Gallery location:

    In store

  • Order this image

Brackets of this type were fixed to the wall to support a vase or a piece of sculpture, and were often used in pairs. This example forms part of a large collection of carving that belonged to Sir Charles Allom, founder of the Edwardian firm of interior decorators, White Allom & Co. The firm, founded in 1902, specialized in historic decorative schemes, chiefly in 17th- and 18th-century styles. They provided their clients both with old furniture and with reproductions made by the firm. Sir Charles probably formed the collection in part to provide models for his craftsmen, and the gift to the Museum was doubtless intended to inspire craftsmen more widely.

Place of Origin

Paris (made)

Date

ca. 1700-ca. 1715 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Carved and gilt oak, and pine

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 12.75 in

Dimensions not checked (21 February 2005)

Object history note

This bracket forms part of a collection of carving that was presented to the Museum by Sir Charles and Lady Allom of Trowbridge, Herts, in memory of thier only son, a student of Wellington College and Trinity College Cambridge, who fell in the Ypres Salient on October 9th 1917 and died of wounds, October 20th aged 21 years.

Materials

Oak; Pine

Categories

Furniture; Interiors

Collection code

FWK

Order this image
Qr_O91008
Ajax-loader