Bracket
ca. 1853 (made)
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Object Type
Brackets were used for displaying prized possessions, such as bronzes, marble busts or porcelain vases. They were often carved with architectural motifs, such as scrolls, or with more decorative designs, such as the strapwork, swags and dolphins on this bracket.
People
William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) was one of the prominent figures in the revival of woodcarving in the1840s and 1850s. He was highly skilled, capable of working in a range of styles including Gothic, the style of the 17th-century carver Grinling Gibbons, and of French designs of the 1740s. His son William Harry Rogers (1825-1873) was chief designer for his father and specialised in Renaissance-style designs, many of which were illustrated in contemporary periodicals such as 'The Art Union', 'The Art Journal', and 'The Builder'. This bracket is carved with his monogram.
Time
W.G. Rogers exhibited a large group of woodcarvings at the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853 in Dublin. Many of his exhibits were examples of fashionable styles of the 1850s. They included a portrait frame carved with scrolls, flowers and trophies in the style of Louis XV, priced at £21, a boxwood salad spoon and fork with stems of celery forming the handles (price £5), and this bracket, priced at £21.
Brackets were used for displaying prized possessions, such as bronzes, marble busts or porcelain vases. They were often carved with architectural motifs, such as scrolls, or with more decorative designs, such as the strapwork, swags and dolphins on this bracket.
People
William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) was one of the prominent figures in the revival of woodcarving in the1840s and 1850s. He was highly skilled, capable of working in a range of styles including Gothic, the style of the 17th-century carver Grinling Gibbons, and of French designs of the 1740s. His son William Harry Rogers (1825-1873) was chief designer for his father and specialised in Renaissance-style designs, many of which were illustrated in contemporary periodicals such as 'The Art Union', 'The Art Journal', and 'The Builder'. This bracket is carved with his monogram.
Time
W.G. Rogers exhibited a large group of woodcarvings at the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853 in Dublin. Many of his exhibits were examples of fashionable styles of the 1850s. They included a portrait frame carved with scrolls, flowers and trophies in the style of Louis XV, priced at £21, a boxwood salad spoon and fork with stems of celery forming the handles (price £5), and this bracket, priced at £21.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved boxwood |
| Brief description | Bracket, wood, designed by William Harry Rogers, carved by William Gibbs Rogers, London, ca.1853 |
| Physical description | Carved wooden bracket, decoration incorporates the mask of a satyr, strapwork, swags, dolphins and a floral frieze. |
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| Object history | Designed in Soho, London by William Harry Rogers (born in London, 1825, died there in 1873) and carved by his father William Gibbs Rogers (born in Dover, Kent, 1792, died London, 1875). From the collection of Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read and purchased from her brother, Thomas Stainton. |
| Summary | Object Type Brackets were used for displaying prized possessions, such as bronzes, marble busts or porcelain vases. They were often carved with architectural motifs, such as scrolls, or with more decorative designs, such as the strapwork, swags and dolphins on this bracket. People William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875) was one of the prominent figures in the revival of woodcarving in the1840s and 1850s. He was highly skilled, capable of working in a range of styles including Gothic, the style of the 17th-century carver Grinling Gibbons, and of French designs of the 1740s. His son William Harry Rogers (1825-1873) was chief designer for his father and specialised in Renaissance-style designs, many of which were illustrated in contemporary periodicals such as 'The Art Union', 'The Art Journal', and 'The Builder'. This bracket is carved with his monogram. Time W.G. Rogers exhibited a large group of woodcarvings at the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853 in Dublin. Many of his exhibits were examples of fashionable styles of the 1850s. They included a portrait frame carved with scrolls, flowers and trophies in the style of Louis XV, priced at £21, a boxwood salad spoon and fork with stems of celery forming the handles (price £5), and this bracket, priced at £21. |
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| Accession number | W.28-1972 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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