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What is a candle shade?
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A candle shade is a fixture or cover that is positioned over a candle's flame to protect it. It enhances the light from a candle while minimizing the glare. Shop a collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary candle shades from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 26, 2021
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Venetian Pink Knot Murano Glass Candle Holder #2
Located in Milan, IT
Using various techniques such as adding minerals and oxides to molten glass to achieve a wide spectrum of hues, the use of color in Murano glass allows artists to create intricate pa...
Category
2010s Italian Candlesticks
Materials
Glass
Dolce Vita Green Glass Candle Holder
By Casarialto
Located in Milan, IT
A superb design masterfully handcrafted of mouth-blown glass in Venice, this candle holder is created in light, colored borosilicate glass. The Dolce Vita candle holder is a colored ...
Category
2010s Italian Candlesticks
Materials
Glass
$327 / item
1950s Wrought Iron Bird Candelstick from Jean Touret , Atelier Marolles, France
Located in St- Leonard, Quebec
Pair of hand hammered wrought iron bird candelstick from Jean Touret for Les Ateliers Marolles , France 1950s .
Measure 10 in. high by 5 in. wi...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Brutalist Candlesticks
Materials
Wrought Iron
$4,000 Sale Price / set
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Scandinavian modern Wooden Candleholder by Gunnar Kanevad, Sweden, organic shape
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A rather large and unusual and rare Swedish Mid-century modern handmade candleholder, which is also a figurative abstract sculpture. It is made out of one solid piece of wood with in...
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Wood, Pine
Pair of Vintage Brass Cobra Snake Candle Holders – Hand-Etched Revival Style
Located in Toronto, CA
Striking and symbolic, this pair of vintage brass cobra snake candle holders is a bold statement of mysticism and design. Crafted in the 1970s, they...
Category
Mid-20th Century Revival Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
$478 Sale Price / set
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Antonella Caprio Saviato. Art Nouveau style candle holder, Italy, 1960s
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Art Nouveau triple candelabra designed by Antonella Caprio Saviato, Italy, 1960s. Fully made of solid brass, representing a bouquet of 3 Lys flowers as candle holders and various lea...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Art Nouveau Candelabras
Materials
Brass


