Metal Hardware · Alpine Chalet
Wrought-Iron Wall Bracket (17th century)
A 17th-century wrought-iron wall bracket with scrolls and a hook, about 12 inches tall, of the type used to hang lanterns or signs.
Design characteristics
Scrolled iron brackets were a common part of Alpine and Central European houses, used for lanterns, signs and pots. This one shows the classic scroll vocabulary in a compact form. Brackets like this often accompany Alpine woodwork, and their scrolls can be echoed in carved wood brackets for shelves, range hoods and mantels.
Classification
- Style
- Alpine Chalet
- Category
- Metal Hardware
- Material
- Iron
- Motifs
- Scrollwork
- Date
- 17th century
- Recorded medium
- Iron
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (29.5 × 25.1 cm)
- Evidence
- Documented historical object
Architectural context
Wood-lined Stuben, carved and painted pine, and benches built into the walls. Tyrol, Switzerland and Bavaria · vernacular, 1300s onward.
