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Neoclassical Candelabras

NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.

Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.

The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.

Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.

Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.

As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.

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Style: Neoclassical
18th Century Neoclassical Dore and Patinated Bronze Two Light Putti Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Fine pair of Dore and patinated bronze figural putti 18th century two light candelabra on original Saint Anne marble plinths. Each individually modelled as ...
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18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze

Pair Exotic French 19th Century Figural Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of large and finest quality exotic orientalist motif French 19th century figural gilt and patinated bronze Candelabras on original marble bases.
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Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Neoclassical Italian White Porcelain Four-Arm Candelabra with Putti
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful vintage porcelain 4-arm candelabra featuring two putti back to back holding floral garlands. Italy, Mid-20th Century Measures: 10.25"W × 10.25"D × 11"H Excellen...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Candelabras

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Porcelain

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Bronze and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking pair of French 19th century neoclassical st. patinated bronze and ormolu candelabras. Each four arm candelabra is raised by a triangular scalloped base with fine scrolled ...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Sèvres Porcelain & Ormolu Candelabra, François Boucher, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
These pieces are dual-purpose — they serve as decorative urns, and they transform into candlestick candelabras with candleholders. The urns feature intricately sculpted gilt bronze ...
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18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Magnificent Pair of Neoclassical Cast & Gilt Bronze Relief Ornate Candleabras
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Palatial pair of Neoclassical style relief cast bronze and gilt bronze mounted 7 light candelabras having scrolled arms over a gilt floral wreathed ...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair Early 19thc Baltic Neoclassical style Ormolu w/ Cobalt Glass Candelabra
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Pair of Spectacular Antique Early 19thc Neoclassic Baltic States Blue Glass with Ormolu Candelabra/ Girandoles. These pieces are gorgeous! Russian estate acquisition.
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1820s Baltic Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Art Glass

Pair of Gilt Bronze Candlesticks on Marble
Located in Atlanta, GA
French. Pair of gilt bronze and patinated bronze neoclassical style seven light candelabra having column form, paw feet and raised on a Rouge Griotte marble step plinth. Apparently u...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze

Italian Neoclassic Style Bronze Floral Candelabra
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo classic-style (19/20th Century) gilt bronze 6 floral light candelabra with multiple flowers supported by an urn with handles resting on a square base.
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Giltwood

Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Baroque Painted and Tole Candelabra
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Neo-Classic Baroque Painted and Tole Candelabra
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20th Century Neoclassical Candelabras

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Metal

Pair of 2-branch 3-light neoclassical-style silver candelabra
Located in London, GB
Very good pair of elegant two-branch, three-light, neoclassical silver candelabra in the Adam style. The branches are detachable, allowing the candlesticks to be used separately and the the wax drips or nozzles are also detachable, making them easier to clean. The Adam style is a neoclassical style of architecture and interior design that found its niche from the late 1760s in upper and middle-class residences in England, Scotland, Russia and the USA and named after Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom James Adam...
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Mid-20th Century British Neoclassical Candelabras

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Sterling Silver

Pair of Patinated and Gilt Bronze Mermaids Sculpture Torcheres/Candelabras
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of large heavy patinated bronze mermaids sculptures torcheres and/or candelabras. Both depict a half hair styled head and naked trunk...
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18th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

18th/19th Century Pair of Russian Figural Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candelabra
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of end of 18th/early 19th century Russian neoclassical figural gilt and patinated bronze candelabra. Gilt-bronze circular pedestal on rectangular plinth, the base with neoclassical foliate frieze, the pedestal with surrounding frieze of stylized female masks with Russian-style headdresses, which are connected by draperies. Each pedestal with the patinated bronze figure of either a young man or a young woman in classical garments, each holding a baluster vase from which emerge naturalistically designed, cast and chiselled branches of leaves and roses, the rose flowers serving as bobeches for candles. The detailed and naturalistic design of the rose branches...
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1790s European Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Russian Empire Bronze and Marble Figures as Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of 19th century Russian patinated bronze neoclassical figures on Siena marble plinths. Now as lamps. Intricately cast and well gilded ormolu mounts. Two of the four seasons. Gra...
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Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Siena Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of Italian Bronze Figural and Floral Candelabras, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian bronze five-arm figural candelabras with decorative floral motif, flanking rams heads, and terminating on a tripod base with acanthus winged cherub motif. Early 19th ...
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1830s Italian Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Lemerle-Charpentier & Compagnie Red Marble, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This fine and ornate antique clock set by Lemerle-Charpentier & Compagnie comprises a clock and two flanking candelabra. The asymmetrical clock is set on a red marble base with ormolu feet and features a central relief panel in patinated bronze. The circular red marble clock...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Fine Pair of French 19th Century Candelabrum
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century pair of fine French candelabrum Each candelabrum in the form of a patinated bronze Bacchante holding aloft a gilt-bronze standard issu...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair Antique French Neo-Classical Silvered Bronze Candelabra, circa 1890-1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique French Neo-Classical silvered bronze candelabra, circa 1890-1900.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

19th Century Pair French Grand Tour Candelabra
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Pair French Grand Tour Bronze Candelabra. Beautiful design, see photos.
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair of Early 19th Century Regency Bronze & Ormolu Candelabra
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning pair of French 19th Neoclassical style patinated bronze and ormolu 3 light candelabra. Each candelabra is raised by a square base with ormolu supports and foliate designs ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and extremely high quality true pair of French 19th century neo-classical st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Vert Maurin marble aux victoires candelabras after a model by Th...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Bronze, Ormolu & Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu and Noir de Sablé marble candelabras. Each two arm candelabra is raised b...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Bronze and Marble Candelabras, France, 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of bronze and marble candelabras, France, 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Neoclassical St. Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and marble five arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a thick, circular Black Belg...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Gilded Candelabra
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pair of French gilded candelabras. Matched pair except one having a male hunter in bronze at base and the other a female hunter in bronze at base. In...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extremely elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze, ormolu and marble, three arm candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a triangu...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair Of Bronze Gilt Candelabras
Located in Southall, GB
An ornate pair of gilt bronze candelabras depicting two cupids on ornate plinths holding floral arrangements with the candleholders forming the flower heads. Beautifully cast the det...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bronze and Marble Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and unique pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated bronze and Sienna marble candelabras. Each three arm candelabra ...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Siena Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Candelabras Aux Victoires
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and extremely high quality true pair of French 19th century neo-slassical st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Porphyry electrified candelabras Aux Victoires. Each candelab...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Porphyry, Ormolu

Antique Neo-Grec Porcelain and Cast Iron Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Antique Neo-Grec porcelain and cast iron clock set French, 19th Century Clock: Height 41cm, width 40cm, depth 16cm Candelabra: Height 30cm, width 2...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Iron

19th Century Rock Crystal and Dore Bronze Girondals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very finely chased dore bronze. Every bead and crystal is rock crystal. Base diameter is 5" Mint condition.
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Rock Crystal, Bronze

Russian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Marble, Crystal, and Ormolu Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative Russian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble, rock crystal, crystal, and ormolu candelabra lamps. Each three arm lamp is raised by ...
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19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Crystal, Marble, Rock Crystal, Ormolu

Large Pair Classical Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality pair of 19th century classical bronze and ormolu candelabra, each with ormolu roses, leaves and four scroll...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French gilt bronze candlesticks three-light candleholder. France, 19th century.   
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze

Pair of Patinated Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra by Barbedienne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of neoclassical style gilt and patinated bronze seven light candelabras by FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE Original condition this pair was never touch.
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1870s Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Griotte Marble, Bronze

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Five-Arm Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very attractive and large pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. five arm candelabras. The pair in ormolu and patinated bronze are raised on a circular base with a chiseled ...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Italian Ebonized and Giltwood Maiden Five Arm Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A unique and very decorative pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. ebonized Fruitwood, giltwood, and gilt metal candelabras. Each five arm candelabra is raised by a stepped ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Metal

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical St. Ormolu, Bronze and Marble Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A remarkable true pair of French 19th century neo-Classical st. ormolu, patinated bronze and Vert de Patricia marble lamps. Each three arm candelabra lamp is raised by a rectangular Vert de Patricia base with a fine mottled border below the ormolu pedestal shaped support with a Coeur de Rai band and impressive family crest with axes and spears amidst oak and laurel branches. Above and to the left is a handsome patinated bronze Roman soldier...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candelabras

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Neoclassical candelabras for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical candelabras for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage candelabras created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical candelabras made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original candelabras, popular names associated with this style include Ferdinand Barbedienne, Henri Picard, Lemerle-Charpentier & Cie, and Tiffany & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for candelabras differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $75 and tops out at $191,121 while the average work can sell for $12,500.

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