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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ironwork, Room 114b

Bracket

ca. 1700-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
France (made)

Wrought iron bracket, gilt, with leaves, scrolls and panelled sections.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Ironwork
Object type
Bracket
Materials and techniques
Wrought iron, gilt
Wrought Iron
Gilding
Forging (Metal Forming)
Brief description
Ironwork bracket, gilt wrought iron with leaves, scrolls and panelled sections, made in France, ca. 1700-1750
Physical description
Wrought iron bracket, gilt, with leaves, scrolls and panelled sections.
Dimensions
  • Height: 62cm
  • Width: 42cm
  • Depth: 3cm
Gallery label
BRACKET Wrought iron, formerly gilded France; 1700-50 Leaves, scrolls and panelled sections are typical early 18th-century ornamental motifs. Museum No. 488-1893(07/1994)
Subjects depicted
Scrolls (Motifs)
Leaves
Panels (Ornament Areas)
Bibliographic references
  • Höver, Otto. Das Eisenwerk: Die Kunstformen des Schmiedeeisens vom Mittelalter bis zum ausgang des 18 Jahrhunderts. Tubingen, 1961.
  • Encyclopaedia of Ironwork: Examples of hand wrought iron from the Middle Ages to the end of the Eighteenth century. 1927.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
488-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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