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Bracket

Bracket in Louis XVI style in giltwood, and gilt gesso, the horseshoe shaped shelf, edged with guilloche and beading, supported on a plain gilt fillet with an angled, free-standing trophy of a tripartite ribbon bow with chutes of flowers, in gilt gesso. The shelf top is lined with crimson velvet. Probably Monbro, who supplied similar brackets to Louveciennes and 7 rue de Berlin. Size: Height: 21.5 cm.; Width: 19 cm; Depth: 16.5 cm.

School: French

Place: France

Object Type: bracket

Period: Napoleon III

Actual Date: c. 1855

Century: 19th century

Materials: Gilt, Gesso, Giltwood

Museum Accession Number: FW.411