Pair of Gilt-Bronze Empire Style Candelabra

Pair of period Empire French early 19 century gilt bronze candelabras.

Pair of 19th century gilt and patinated bronze candelabra now as lamps. Figural Baccantes holding torchieres. Empire or Charles X ...

A pair of Empire gilt and patinated bronze candelabra. Each with a winged Victorian female figure carrying a torchère on their hea...

A fine pair of empire patinated bronze and ormolu candelabra, the four candlesticks supported by the allegorical figures of winged victory kneeling on marble and gilt bases with gild...

Pair of French Empire-style (20th century) gilt and patinated bronze 3 light candelabra with winged figural columns and flame finial on ormolu mounted base. (Priced as pair).  

This majestic pair of gilt and patinated bronze candelabra are designed in the Empire style, which was popularized under Napoleon I (1769-1821). The art of the Empire period (1804-1814, 1815), when Napoleon was in power, often focused on the military and on lauding Napoleon’s campaigns. In furniture and the decorative arts, Imperial Roman motifs on the theme of war became increasingly fashionable, such as classical trophies, collections of weaponry and armour taken from a defeated enemy, and laurel wreaths, which were symbols of victory. Each candelabrum features five lights, composed of scrolling, foliate patinated branches, topped by gilt drip-pans, and patinated urn-shaped capitals with gilt sconces. The patinated stems of the candelabra are decorated with gilt laurel leaf wreaths. Patinated sculptures of the Classical Roman figures Mars, the god of war, and Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and strategy in war, Stand next to the candelabra stems. They are dressed in full body armour...