Abstract: A support for a towel rack or other fixture including a mounting plate adapted to be attached by a fastener or fasteners to a supporting wall, a post supported by the mounting plate and projecting outwardly therefrom and which is of non-circular external cross-section, a cover plate disposed about the non-circular post outwardly of the mounting plate and containing an opening through which the post extends in a loosely fitting relation allowing the cover plate to be shifted transversely of the post during assembly of the parts in order to allow access of a tool to the attaching screws, with an additional part being disposed about the post and fitting closely thereon and acting to bridge across the space between the post and the cover plate in the assembled condition of the fixture.