Modern Candlesticks
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Style: Modern
Color: Black
Pair of Contemporary Nickel Candle Holders
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of Contemporary silver nickel candle holders. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Crystal Colorful Candleholder, Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
A unique piece
Crystal candleholder made in Venice
Colroful and bright this candleholder will make your table spark.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Crystal
Luxury Candle Bois Oud Scented, Black Ceramic Candleholder Natural Fragrance
Located in Porto, PT
Luxury Candle Bois Oud Scented, Black Ceramic Candleholder Natural Fragrance
Achi candle releases a hypnotic perfume adding extra value to a space thanks ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Hand Repoussé Tang Candlestand in Black Copper by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tang candlestand
Black copper
Hand repoussé
Contemporary
Limited edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Repoussé is the traditional art of hand-hammering...
Category
2010s Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Copper
Sons of Marble Candle Holder, Small
By Design By Us
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sons of Marble is a series of candleholders made of deep black marble, all with brass detailing. Sons of Marble are made to create a cosy atmosphere and can be mixed in different siz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Maat Candleholder by SB26
Located in Geneve, CH
Maat candleholder by SB26.
Dimensions: W 7.2, D 7.2, H 30 cm
Weight: 2.5 kg
Materials: Polished blue steel, brushed and oxidized brass.
Maat candleholder, both balanced and st...
Category
2010s French Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Set of 2 Maat Candleholder by SB26
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Maat candleholder by SB26
Dimensions: W 8 x D 8 x H 50 cm / W 8 x D 8 x H 30 cm
Weight: 3.5 kg / 2.5 kg
Materials: Polished blue steel, brushed and oxidized brass
Maat...
Category
2010s French Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Maat Candleholder by SB26
Located in Geneve, CH
Maat candleholder by SB26
Dimensions: W 8 x D 8 x H 50 cm.
Weight: 3.5 kg .
Materials: Polished blue steel, brushed and oxidized brass.
Maat candleholder, both balanced and str...
Category
2010s French Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair of Brass Double Arm Austrian Candle Holders by Rena Rosenthal
Located in Toledo, OH
Pair of Austrian Rena Rosenthal candle holders. Possibly a Hagenauer design. Patinated brass and lacquered brass sinuous double arms that appear to be a single arm looped at the base...
Category
20th Century European Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Sons of Marble Candle Holder, Large
By Design By Us
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sons of Marble is a series of candleholders made of deep black marble, all with brass detailing. Sons of Marble are made to create a cosy atmosphere and can be mixed in different siz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Sons of Marble Candle Holder, Double
By Design By Us
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sons of Marble is a series of candleholders made of deep black marble, all with brass detailing. Sons of Marble are made to create a cosy atmosphere and can be mixed in different siz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Rare Polished Stainless Steel Candle Tree by Xavier Feal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare polished stainless steel candle tree by Xavier Feal for Inox Industrie.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vertigo Short and Tall Black Onyx Stone Candleholders
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Measures: 6.6" x 2.9" x 2.9"
9.4" x 3.5" x 3.5"
A composition of onyx with alpaca metal. Inspired by the pure and essential lines of a structure of soli...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Vertigo Flat 2 and 3 Candles, Black Onyx Stone Candleholder
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Measures: 6.6" x 2.9" x 2.9"
9.4" x 3.5" x 3.5"
A composition of onyx with alpaca metal. Inspired by the pure and essential lines of a structure of so...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Vertigo Flat 3 Candles Black Onyx Stone Candleholder
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
A composition of onyx with alpaca metal. Inspired by the pure and essential lines of a structure of solid stones, with a vertigo stability.
Our pieces ...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Vertigo Tall Black Onyx Stone Candleholder
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
A composition of onyx with alpaca metal. Inspired by the pure and essential lines of a structure of solid stones, with a vertigo stability.
Our pieces ar...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Vertigo Short Black Onyx Stone Candleholder
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
A composition of onyx with alpaca metal. Inspired by the pure and essential lines of a structure of solid stones, with a vertigo stability.
Our pieces ar...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Postmodern Green Marble Votive Candleholder, circa 1980
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Postmodern green marble votive candleholder, circa 1980.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble
Cónico Black Marble Carved Candleholder Set
Located in Mexico City, MX
Two candleholders in Monterrey black marble. Handmade in México by local craftsmen. Dimensions: Small: 10 D x 10 W x 10 H cm Large: 6 D x 6 W x 15 H cm. Production time: 6-8 wee...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble
Stargazer Candleholders, Verde Guatemala Marble and Brass, Set of Two, in Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
A beautiful union of brass and marble, the ‘Stargazer’ candleholders are inspired by orreries - mechanical models of the solar system used since classical times. Available in two des...
Category
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of Tapered Square White, Green, and Purple Variegated Ceramic and Lucite
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Contemporary tapered glass candle holders with variegated white, green, and purple finish. (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century American Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Pair of Candlesticks by Alberto Donà
By Alberto Donà
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Murano glass pair of candlesticks by Alberto Donà, both signed.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Glass
New Modern Large Candleholder in Green Guatemala Marble, creator Michele Chiossi
Located in Milan, IT
A zigzag line defines the illusory border between art and design. Chiossi crosses it entirely by creating a collection of vases and candleholders, inspired by nature and the harmonio...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble
Rare Polished Stainless Steel Candle Tree by Xavier Feal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare polished stainless steel candle tree by Xavier Feal for Inox Industrie.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tall and Sculptural Candleholders in Stanless Steel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful, tall and slender, good condition set of tall candleholders made in stainless steel.
The pieces show well and we will polish them before shipping.
Measurements:
27.50 i...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Stainless Steel
White candle holder, set of four marble white candlestick holder by P. Mathieu
Located in New York, NY
Paul Mathieu designed these elegant white candle holder in marble for Stephanie Odegard Co. Ltd.
Solid pieces of marble are turned to create these delicate designs. The marble is hand-carved to make these marble candle sticks...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble
Fabulous Large Modern Lorin Marsh Red Blown Glass Hurricane Shade Bamboo Base
By Lorin Marsh
Located in Roslyn, NY
A fabulous modern Italian Murano Hurricane hand blown urn-shaped glass shade with a red swirl motif resting on gold gilt bamboo form base (Base measur...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Moshe Bursuker Set of 5 Black Glass Candleholders, 2024
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American artist Moshe Bursuker's hand-sculpted solid set of 5 black glass candleholders with a mirror finished stainless steel cup. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Stainless Steel, Nickel
Pair of Albert Paley Blossom Candlesticks
By Albert Paley
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of blossom candlesticks by Albert Paley Studio. Forged and blackened steel with brass. Signed and dated [Albert Paley 1994].
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Lara Bohinc, Stargazer Candleholder, Verde Guatemala Marble and Brass, In Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
A beautiful union of brass and marble, the ‘Stargazer’ candleholders are inspired by orreries - mechanical models of the solar system used since classical times. Available in two des...
Category
2010s British Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Stiletto Candleholders in solid brass by Christopher Kreiling
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Stiletto candleholders in brass are a collection of three. The severe yet soulful shape is inspired by women's beauty rituals.
The light from the 6" height x 2.5" diameter black pillar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Pair of Modernist Handblown Murano Smoked Glass Candlesticks with 24-Karat Gold
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pair of candlesticks were realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. They feature subtly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Gold
Rare Polished Stainless Steel Candle Tree by Xavier Feal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare polished stainless steel candle tree by Xavier Feal for Inox Industrie.
Category
1970s French Vintage Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Stainless Steel
Modern candlesticks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern candlesticks for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage candlesticks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, stone and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern candlesticks made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original candlesticks, popular names associated with this style include Dan Yeffet, Ghidini 1961, Stefano Giovannoni, and AIREDELSUR. 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 candlesticks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $39 and tops out at $32,954 while the average work can sell for $750.
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