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A Gilded Wood Console Bracket Depicting America

Description
This highly sculptural console bracket is centered by a supporting herm figure in the guise of an American Indian with a crown of feathers. It was probably made as part of a series, each of which represented a continent, as was the fashion in the eighteenth century. The shaped latticework and incurved shell-like scrolling elements are indicative of early rococo furniture made in Frankfurt for the Princes von Thurn und Taxis.

Origin:	Germany
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Gilded wood
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	1735-1745
Styles / Movements:	Baroque, Rococo
Book References:	H. Kreisel and G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels: Spätbarock und Rokoko, vol. II, 1983, fig. 593.
Dealer Reference #:	CON 18-24
Incollect Reference #:	178781