Atena Candelabras

Pair of five-light candelabras in glass and crystal. It is composed of four arms and an upper post. The shafts are ringed and the feet decorated with gadroons. The ensemble is decora...

Stunning pair of gilded and patinated bronze candelabras, featuring a winged cupid. He is standing on a sphere and holding a torch, which is surrounded by three curving candle branch...

A pair of Directoire period gilt and patinated bronze and black and white marble candelabras. They present a decoration of winged sphinxes in patinated bronze carrying on their heads...

Pair of candelabras in bronze and bronze signed Henry Cahieux (1825-1854) and Ferdinand Barbedienne. The shaft in the shape of vase with two handles is decorated with birds among branches, from which escape four arms of light in gilded bronze topped by a wader. The whole rests on a square base made of griotte Marble finished by four claw feet. Henry Cahieux (1825-1854) was the chief decorator of the bronze art manufacturer Ferdinand Barbedienne. Although he died too...

Pair of candelabras in bronze and gilded and Marblewhite with three arms of lights in the form of a bouquet of flowers. The shaft in the shape of vase is decorated with two handles e...

Pair of Louis XV style candelabra in silver with rocailles decor and asymmetrical ornamentation. The four arms of light ending in bobèches binettes are finely chiseled with stylized rinses, foliage and flowers. These candelabra are a creation of the goldsmith Boin Taburet...

Pair of Empire bronze and marble candelabra with three branches each. The lights are supported by bronze caryatids with dark brown patina, who are dressed in long tunics à l’antique ...

Pair of three-branched candelabras in gilded and patinated bronze. They each feature a winged, patinated bronze cupid who is standing on a sphere and holding a torch with three candl...

Pair of gilt bronze three-light candelabra lamps topped by Dionysus (Bacchus for the Romans) and a Maenad (Bacchante for the Romans). Dionysus is represented wearing the skin of a fa...

Pair of gilded and sculpted bronze candelabra with four branches each. The branches curve to form trumpets and foliated scrollwork on one end and sockets on the other end. The socket...

Exquisite pair of candelabra, composed of a young cupid on clouds in patinated bronze, holding an ormolu torch. A vase with flowers and fruits sits where the flame of the torch would...

Pair of French antique kerosene lamps. The bronze paunch is decorated with birds on branches and flowers in Chinese style. What makes these lamps stun...

Impressive pair of gilt and sculpted bronze candelabras with three branches. The stem of each candelabrum is a patinated bronze form of the winged goddess, Victory, who holds a gilt bronze torch in each of her hands. Her head is topped with a gilt bronze vase that transforms into the candelabra branches, which is embellished with griffins and rosettes. At the top of each candelabrum is a peacock standing on a globe, symbolizing the sun and immortality. Victory is standing on a cruciform-shaped base, which has a winged cupid on two sides and a caduceus on the other two sides. The intertwined snakes of the caduceus are a symbol of the Greek god Hermes (or the Roman god Mercury) and is a symbol of peace, eloquence and negotiation. Empire period. Perfect condition. Our model is inspired by the projects of Charles Percier and Franc¸ois-Leonard Fontaine, famous architects of the Emperor. Their most important work, entitled Recueil de decorations inte´rieurs (Collection of interior decorations), was published in France at the, end of the 19th century. The winged Victories, caduceus and griffins are some of the motifs present in this piece that demonstrate the adoption of Percier and Fontaine’s decorative...

Pair of candelabra on foot in patinated and gilded bronze with rich decoration of busts and mythical creatures drawn from the medieval bestiary in a neo-Greek taste. The base of each...