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Like many such brackets, this one was probably gilded originally, but was stripped in the late 19th or early 20th century. \r\n\r\nIt is one of several hundred carvings given to the Museum in 1921 by Sir Charles Allom and his wife, in memory of their son, who died in the First World War. Sir Charles headed White Allom & Co.,  one of the most successful firms of architectural decorators in Britain, specialising in the copying of historic styles. Between 1900 and 1914 he also began to work for clients in the United States and after the First World War he spent time in both countries.  The collection of carvings seems to have been put together as a study collection for his son, perhaps in the expectation that he would follow in his father's footsteps and take over the firm.","physicalDescription":"A bracket of carved lime, the shelf with a concave front edge, the edge carved with formal motifs, the supporting frame carved centrally with the mask of a woman with flowers in her hair, set against a shaped cartouche, this flanked on each side by a scrolled support set with a male mask.  The bracket is missing sections of carving. 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