Renaissance Candlesticks
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
2th Century Italian Solidi 800 Silver Pr. of Candlesticks in Venetian Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of solid silver candlesticks made in Italy in San Marco (Venetian) style completely handmade.
The base is round and hand-hammered with
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1980s Italian Vintage Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Silver
Pair of 18th Century Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
This listing features a set of 18th century style candle sticks.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique French Renaissance Style Bronze Candlesticks, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of small 19th century bronze candlesticks (“bougeoirs” in French) was crafted in the Renaissance style.
The circular molded base...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Renaissance Altar Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Renaissance-style (17th Century) dark green painted large floor standing altar style candlesticks with gilt carved floral and vine trim supported on base with 3 griff...
Category
17th Century Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of English Renaissance Repousse Brass Candlesticks.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Pair of English Renaissance Repousse Brass Candlesticks.
Seventeenth century English embossed brass candlesticks from about 1650. This rare pair of beautifully created candle ...
Category
17th Century English Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Renaissance Style Pewter Candle Holders From Towie Barclay Castle
Located in London, Park Royal
Pair of 19th Century Renaissance Style Pewter Metal Candle Holders: Featuring a knopped stem adorned with intricate scrollwork, baskets of flowers, and snail motifs. The triform base...
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19th Century British Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Pewter
Pair of Italian Renaissance Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) round bronze altar sticks with filigree top and base (priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Renaissance Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) bronze altar sticks with swirl top and fluted bottom with round center and scroll filigree base (PRICED A...
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19th Century Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Renaissance Candlestick Circa 1600
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Spanish Renaissance candlestick in brass circa 1600
Beautiful patina and in very good condition
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Early 17th Century Spanish Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Glowmar of NY Grape & Vine Candlesticks
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of brass Glo-Mar Artworks of NY candlesticks in the form of twisting grape vines. The capital, stem and base are separate pieces cast in an intricate...
Category
20th Century American Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
French Pair of Two-Toned Patinated Bronze Moorish Inspiration Candleholders
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Pair of French two-toned patinated bronze Moorish inspired figure candleholders
Lovely and fun, these Moorish Inspired beckoning figures are adorned in extravagant plumed headdresse...
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20th Century French Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Pair Of French 19th Century Renaissance St. Bronze & Marble Sphinx Candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. Bronze and Rosso Antico marble Sphinx candlesticks. Each Egyptian Revival Bronze Sphinx candlestick is raised by a rectangular ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 18th C Style Italian Giltwood Picket Candlesticks
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of 18th C Style Italian Giltwood Picket Candlesticks
Category
1990s American Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Italian Polychrome and Giltwood Alter Candlestick, 18th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Unusual Antique 18th century Italian polychrome & giltwood Alter candlestick
Additional information:
Materials: giltwood, Polychrome
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18th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Giltwood
Italian Renaissance Style Gilt Bronze & Marble Putti on Crocodile Candlestick
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Renaissance Style Gilt Bronze & Marble Putti on Crocodile Candlestick
Italy, Late 19th Century
Behold the elegance of this Italian Renaissance...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Bronze Candlesticks with Dolphin Figures
Located in Barntrup, DE
A pair of candle holders made of bronze, France, circa the 1930s.
These beautiful bronze candlesticks each feature column in the form of a dolphin. The square bases, wax pans, and s...
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1930s French Vintage Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Italian Antique 17th Century Hand carved wood Candelabra on a Renaissance base.
Located in Encinitas, CA
An Italian Antique 17th Century "Mecca" gilding Wood Hand carved Bear "Orso" Candelabra on Renaissance base.
The base and the bear are gilded with Mecca, a silver gilt technique that...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Giltwood
Pair, 19th Century French Gilt Bronze, Cloisonne & Onyx Candlesticks
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite pair of 19th-century French candlesticks combines the luxurious materials of gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel, and onyx to create a stunning display of opulence and craft...
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19th Century French Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Enamel
Pair Of 16th Century Italian Giltwood Candle Bearing Angel Candlesticks
Located in Bradenton, FL
Stunning and rare pair of 16th century Italian candle bearing Angel candlesticks depicting male and a female figures from the renaissance period. Each figure is meticulously carved f...
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16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Renaissance Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very good pair of 16th century Italian bronze candlesticks of unusually bold design, turned balustrade form and good scale.
One pricket lacking.
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Modern Murano Barovier Art Glass Figural Double Candlestick
By Barovier
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This midcentury Murano art glass candlestick is unmarked but most likely made by Barovier. The candlestick is a figural servant dressed in the high fashion of the French Renaissance ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Art Glass
Pair Of Bronze Candlesticks 17th Century - France
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very beautiful pair of bronze candlesticks from the 17th century from France
Very beautiful pair in bronze
Claw feet
Beautiful filming
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17th Century French Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Pair Of Late 17th Century Italian Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant pair of bronze candle sticks from the end of the 17th century from Italy
Beautiful appearance and good quality with small traces of wear which make their charm
Very beautif...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Tuscan Single Hand Carved Wood Renaissance Candelabra
Located in Encinitas, CA
Tuscan refectory style single hand carved rustic candlelabra with forged nail spike. Italian fruitwood.
Dimension: 46" H, 17" W
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Carved Giltwood & Polychrome Painted Angel Alter Candlestick
Located in Norwich, GB
A beautiful 19th century giltwood and polychrome angel alter candle stick. Circa 1880.
Wonderfully crisp hand-carved lime. Note the spectacular water gilded folds of the gown, and s...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vtg Italian Renaissance Jacobean Turn Carved Oak Wood 18.5" Candlesticks a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Italian Renaissance Jacobean Style Turn Carved Oak Wood 18.5" Candlesticks a Pair. Circa Early to Mid 20th Century Measurements: 18.5" H x 6" Diameter.
Category
Early 20th Century Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Oak
Pair of Italian Renaissance Style Brass Candlesticks
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Renaissance-style (19th century) brass double swirl candlesticks (priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Oak Renaissance Candlesticks
Located in London, Charterhouse Square
An intricately carved pair of large oak Renaissance period candlesticks. Beautifully patinated dark oak with expertly carved berries and leaves from bas...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Oak
Florentine Candlestick in Lathed and Silvered Wood, Late 17th Century
Located in Prato, IT
Italy, Firenze, late 17th century
Simple but elegant typical Florentine candlestick.
It has cracks and small lacks of the pinstripe typical o...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Sheet Metal
Pair of Monumental Carrara Marble Candlesticks, Rome, 17th Century
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
These monumental candlesticks are absolutely rare in this execution. They are divided into four segments in a multiple way and perfectly rotated. They are connected to each other by ...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Carrara Marble
16th Century Pair of Italian Candlesticks of Cherubs
Located in North Miami, FL
This exquisite pair of 16th-century Italian candlesticks is a testament to the artistry and craftsmanship of the Renaissance era. Meticulously carved from wood and adorned with opule...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Wood
Pair of French 19th Century Renaissance Style Candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An outstanding true pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. patinated bronze, ormolu and Belgian Granite candlesticks. Each candlestick is raised by hexagonal granite bases with a bottom wrap around mottled ormolu band and six finely scrolled foliate feet. The right one displays a beautiful patinated bronze maiden seated on a richly chased ormolu dolphin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Regence Style Ormolu Candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional pair of French 19th century Renaissance st. ormolu candlesticks. Each candlestick is raised by an elegant and most decorative triangular base with lavish scrolled foli...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Ormolu
Florentine Candlestick in Lathed and Silvered Wood, Late 17th Century
Located in Prato, IT
Italy, Firenze, late 17th century
Simple but elegant typical Florentine candlestick.
It has cracks and small lacks of the pinstripe typical o...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Candlesticks
Materials
Sheet Metal
Renaissance candlesticks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance 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, lighting, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance 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 Arval Argenti Valenza, Glo-Mar Artworks, and Thomas W. Morgan. 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 $325 and tops out at $24,000 while the average work can sell for $2,090.