Baroque Candle Holders
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Baroque
Period: 19th Century
Pair of 19th-Century Italian Gilt Wood Candlesticks w/ Prickets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th-century pair of Italian giltwood candlesticks with prickets and a beautifully carved acanthus leaf design throughout is a testament to the opulent and detailed craftsmanship o...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Pair Of 19th Century Baroque Carved Wood Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Norwood, NJ
A stunning pair of hand carved silver giltwood antique Baroque 19th-Century Italian tripod form base pricket candlesticks. These gorgeous candlesticks are of nice large size, silver ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Silver Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Italian Silver Gilt Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century silver gilt wood candlesticks standing on a tripod base. The candlesticks are adorned with wrought iron bobeches and metal prickets.
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Silver Leaf
Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted And Gilt Altar Sticks or Prickets
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted And Gilt Altar Sticks or Prickets.
Pair of antique Italian Baroque style painted altar sticks, candlesticks, can...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
Pair Of 19th Century Italian Carved Wooden Candleholders
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very nice Pair of 19th Century Italian pillar candleholders. Features beautiful carved bulbous and curved wooden design. Round base. Nice black and tan patina. Wonderful form.
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Wood
Italian Black and Gold Candelabras c1800 PAIR
Located in Charlotte, NC
Pair of black and gold gilt candelabras. Amazing condition. Add drama to any space. c1880
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1880s Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Wood
Set of 19th Century Gilt Bronze Candelabras Bronze Color France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Set of gilded Bronze Candelabras or Candlesticks. the barrel and base with cut sides 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Bronze
Pair Of 19th Century Gilt Baroque Candle Wall Sconces, Austria circa 1890
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Remarkable pair of handforged 19th century candle wall sconces from the period around 1890 in Austria. Artfully crafted out of fine brass, these large candle sconces...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Brass
c1800 Pair Huge French Gilt Bronze Opposing Head Parrot Candelabra - Grand Scale
By Charles Cressent
Located in Opa Locka, FL
Rare Pair of c1800 Huge French Louis XV style Gilt Bronze Opposing Face Parrot Candelabra. These candelabra are in the style of Charles Cressent. Ve...
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Early 1800s French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Baroque Pair of Antique Gilded Brass Wall Appliques, Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique French Baroque pair of wall appliques, sconces made of hand crafted gilded brass in good condition. The sculptured lights, lamp are featuring a two light socket. The Paris...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Handwrought Iron Candle Stands - a Pair
Located in Charleston, SC
A wonderful pair of Antique 19th Century French style hand forged iron candle stands. They put off a statement with their simple design. C. 1...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt-Metal Candelabra
Located in Pasadena, CA
A pair of 19th century gilt-metal five-light candelabra in the style of the Baroque. Each cast as a bouquet of lilies, the stems rising from an elaborate foliate-cast vase with scrol...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Metal
PAIR OF PORTUGUESE FIVE-LIGHT SILVER CANDLESTICKS 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF PORTUGUESE FIVE-LIGHT SILVER CANDLESTICKS 19th Century
Neo-Manueline-inspired work, decorated with windings, foliage, armillary spheres and Portuguese shields. With Lisbon c...
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19th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Silver
Pair of brazilian baroque candlesticks in wood polychrome circa 1800
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible and original pair of brazilian candlesticks in wood polychomed circa 1800.
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Early 1800s Brazilian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
A Fine Pair Of Bronze And Partly Iron Five-Light Candelabras
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This impressive pair of five-light candelabra stems from the late nineteenth century. The ornate design, possibly French, exhibits a great deal of detailed craftsmanship. The five ar...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze, Iron
19th Century Iron Sicilian Electrified Candle Sconces
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Two antique iron candle sconces hand-crafted in Sicily in the 19th century, they have been electrified in 20th century, the iron part it's ...
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Late 19th Century Sicilian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
circa 1840s Cornelius and Co. Cast Brass & Marble Girandole Candlesticks, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A pair of 1840s Cornelius and Co. Cast Brass & Marble Girandole Candlesticks with crystal pendulums.
Measures 13.25" in height, 5" in width and...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Brass
19th Century Antique Italian Baroque Gilt Candlesticks / Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of 19th century antique baroque Italian candlesticks, hand carved in giltwood with a lovely patina. Expertly hand carved on scrolled feet, these candlesticks stand over two feet...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Wood, Giltwood
circa 1840s Cornelius and Co. Cast Brass & Marble 3-Arm Girandole Candelabra
Located in Germantown, MD
A pair of 1840s Cornelius and Co. Cast brass & marble three arms Girandole Candlelabra with crystal pendulums.
Measures 16.25" in height, 17" in widt...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Marble, Crystal, Brass
Pair of Early 18th Century Style Plaster and Wood Italian Candelabras
Located in Leesburg, VA
A pair of antique decorative plaster and wood Italian candelabras.
Italy; early 18th century style, possibly made in the 19th century
Approximate size: 81 cm (h) each
A pair o...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Plaster, Wood
Vintage Pair of Candlesticks, Italian Baroque Style, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Pair of Candlesticks, Italian Baroque style, 19th century.
Pair of big candlesticks is a very refined decorative object in brass and gilded metal.
55x14 cm each.
Ve...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Pair of Baroque Italian Carved Giltwood Torcheres
Located in Benalmadena, ES
This impressive pair of 19th century Italian torches are a sublime work of European Baroque art. Carved in golden wood, it gives us an exquisite decoration of angels among fruits and...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Gold Gilt Iron Leaf Candle Sconces, Pair
Located in Sheffield, MA
The pair of antique baroque style handcrafted iron sconces are decorated with various forms of leaves and are secured by brackets, each with a hole at the top for attaching a screw o...
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19th Century European Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
An Italian 19th Century Patinated Bronze Torchere, After Niccolò Roccatagliata
By Niccolo Roccatagliata
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large and Impressive Italian 19th Century Patinated Bronze Figural Torchere, after a model by Niccolò Roccatagliata (Genoa 1593 - Venice 1636). The triangular foot base with projecting putti supporting the stem and oval reserves within cartouche motifs, one containing the initials "S.D" with an olive tree in-between and a bull-head below. The stem knot with figures of winged caryatids and festoons and upper part with cherub heads, acanthus leaves and egg and bead patterns and topped with a later white glass globe. The decorative system refers to the documented artistic production of the Venetian workshop of Niccolò Roccatagliata and takes inspirational model from the base of the Renaissance bronze of the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro in Venice, a work signed by Andrea del Bartolomeo di Alessandri known as Brescianino. Electrified. Circa: Venice, 1850-1880.
RELATED LITERATURE
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, figs. 661-664; C. Avery, 'Andrea del Bartolomeo di Alessandri detto il Bresciano" lavator di gettar di Bronzo": candelabri, satiri e battenti', M. Ceriana and V. Avery (eds.), L'Industria artistica del Bronzo del Rinascimento a venezia e nell'Italia settentrionale, Venice, 2008, pp. 233-252.
Similar models of this torchere were part of the interior decor collection at the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York (see black and white photo). The Cornelius Vanderbilt II House was a large mansion built in 1883 at 1 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. It occupied the frontage along the west side of Fifth Avenue from West 57th Street up to West 58th Street at Grand Army...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Baroque Pair of Candelabre
Located in palm beach, FL
Spectacular pair of gilded bronze candelabre. Seven candles can go on each candelabra, the decorations delicat of flowers with stones of colors in glass, gives all the charms of the ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair French Baroque Style Brass Candlesticks Candle Lamps, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of French Baroque style brass candlesticks with hand chasing.
These had been wired for boudoir lamps sometime in the 20th century and we can electrify again if desired (for a...
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Early 19th Century Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century Italian Carved Polychrome and Gilt Candle Holder Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Standing at 6 feet tall, this antique torchere was crafted in Italy, circa 1860. The elegant candle holder stands on a wide triangular base ending with bun feet over a tripod bottom ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
French Louis XVI Style 4 Light Candelabras in Gilt Bronze Set of 2
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of four-light gilt bronze Louis XVI style candelabra or table lamps.
Each one with a fluted shaft that supports the central light and emits four swept branches. They are no...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Brocade
Pair of Gilt Wood Candlestick Lamps
Located in Canton, MA
Pair of gilt wood candlestick lamps. Deep teal colored original paint. Candlesticks are 19th Century European, completely restored with new wi...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
19th-C. Italian Brass Repousse Alter Pricket Candlesticks, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an amazing pair of 19th century Italian brass repousse church alter candlesticks. Note the clawed feet with the exceptional detail. Another specia...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Pair of Very Large French Figurative Floor-Standing Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of very large French figurative floor-standing candelabra
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 260cm, width 90cm, depth 90cm
This pair of candelabra are each surmounted by...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Ormolu
18th/19th Century Tyrolean Eagle Giltwood Altar Stick
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most impressive Tyrolean antique hand carved and painted floor-standing torchiere altar lamp with rich detail and beautiful warm, rustic, distre...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Dresden Porcelaine 'Signed' Candlestick
Located in Miami, FL
Very refined and elegant pair. Delicate shape and original piece of art. Extremly delicate colors, garlands of flowers. From the quality and the design, will fit in any refined inter...
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19th Century German Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Pair of 19th Century Baroque Style Italian Carved Giltwood Torcheres
Located in Dublin, IE
A magnificent monumental pair of Italian Baroque style carved giltwood torcheres, each comprising a circular dished top above an elaborately carved pillar with floral swags and gargo...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Pyramid Antique Candleholders from Italy
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
A rare pair of antique large wooden candleholders named "pyramids" with traces of lacquer .
The other pair have been united, but it's possible to detach, so we can have four candleh...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of 19th Century Tall Brass Italian Pricket Sticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century tall brass Italian pricket sticks.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Fine Pair of 19th Century Cherub Candelabra on Porphyry Bases
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century bronze and gilded ormolu three branch candelabra, one modeled as a bacchanalian satyr, the other a putto, out stretched arms holding three br...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Porphyry, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Candleholders
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 19th century Italian hand carved candleholders. They are both finished in 22-karat gold leaf and hold nine candles each. They originally sa...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Metal
Pair of 19th Century French Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of large ornate French bronze doré candlesticks. Heavy cast bronze with pierced decoration and set with colorful cabochon jewels. Triangle base with fantastic winged dragons. ...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Bronze
Antique Candlesticks/ Torchere's, hand carved Wood and forged Iron. Three Candes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful pair of hand carved and gilded torcheres with handwrought iron
candle arms and bobeches. The candelabra portion lifts out of the wood bas...
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1880s Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Baroque Wrought Iron Five Light Candelabra
Located in Stamford, CT
An unusual and gutsy pair of 19th century Italian Baroque style wrought iron torcheres or candelabra. With braided iron arms and legs, hand cut iron leaves and punch decorated shaft....
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Wrought Iron
Large 19th Century Pic-Cierges, French
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Tall and elegant pair of repoussé copper baroque, Louis XV style pricket sticks.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Copper
Pair of Italian Baroque Carved Wood Floor Torchieres
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Baroque-style (19th Century) stripped pine, beech & poplar 24 arm floor torchiere with 3 scrolling legs on horses (in the style of PIRANESI)
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Beech, Poplar, Pine
19th Century Baroque Style Candle holder Stand
Located in Delft, NL
19th century Baroque style candle stand.
Italian Baroque style wooden carved with gilt painted lacquered surface candle holder stand with pawn fe...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Pair of Enamel and Gilt Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
Finely worked in gilt bronze, and delicately enameled, this impressive pair of altar candlesticks is the work of an exceptionally skilled craftsman. Built in the Baroque style, each ...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of French Gilt and Silvered Bronze Candelabra, Depicting Jesus and Madonna
Located in London, GB
These striking and unusual candelabra each depict a portrait of Jesus and the Madonna in gilt bronze to the center. Each portrait is bordered by a gilt geometric circular pattern, further surrounded by a circular wreath of acanthus leaf in silvered bronze, supporting eight lights and drip pans. The candelabra are supported on ornately cast columns...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Bronze
Fine Pair of French 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of French 19th century gilt bronze and patinated bronze figural four-light candelabra, each modeled as a baby Bacchus, in the form of a child faun, seated on tree trunk a...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Baroque Style 1870s Carved, Painted and Parcel-Gilt Candlestick Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Baroque style carved, painted and parcel-gilt wooden pricket candlestick from the third quarter of the 19th century, made into a table lamp, shade included. Born in the late...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Wood
Pair of South European Faux Marble Painted and Parcel-Gilt Wooden Torchères
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of South European carved parcel-giltwood and faux-marble painted torchères from the late 18th or early 19th century. Carved all-over with gilt acanthus foliage, each piece fea...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Wood
A Large & Striking Pair of Italian Baroque Style Giltwood Tripod Pricket Sticks
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and striking pair of Italian baroque style giltwood tripod pricket sticks; each tall stick with graduated shaft adorned with foliate carving raised ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Italian Baroque Figural Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Hudson, NY
This impressive pair of carved and gilt wood figural candlesticks makes a dramatic statement in a room . The fully carved figures in a left and right pose are well shaped and present well detailed faces and hands with wind swept clothes. Raised up on architectural plinths...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
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Wood
19th Century Italian Carved Wood Candelabra
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming 19th century carved wood four arm candleabra in the form of a putti with silver leaf finish.
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Candle Holders
Materials
Metal
Baroque candle holders for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque candle holders 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 candle holders 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 Baroque candle holders 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 candle holders, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, VG-VGnewtrend, Arval Argenti Valenza, and Cesani Virginio. 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 candle holders differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $182 and tops out at $145,000 while the average work can sell for $2,792.
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