Neoclassical Candle Holders
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.
Find antique neoclassical furniture today on 1stDibs.
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Style: Neoclassical
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.
Category
1820s Baltic Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Art Glass
$2,580 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Italian Silver Gilt Candlesticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Pair of 19-century Italian silver gilt candlesticks standing on a tripod-footed base with iron prickets that represents a luxurious blend of elegance and practicality, characterist...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Silver Leaf
$1,400 Sale Price / set
22% Off
Historistic Candle Holder Vienna around 1890s
Located in Wien, AT
Historistic candle holder Vienna around 1890s
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
1970s Neo-Classical Style Italian Ram Form Candlesticks, Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a good looking pair of Italian neo-classical style candlesticks. They have an elongated cornucopia that graduates downward to a detailed ram’s head. They are composition and ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Composition
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of 18th Century Neoclassical Italian Giltwood Urns Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Pearland, TX
A stunning petite pair of 18th-Century Italian Neoclassical carved gilt wood gold leaf pricket candlesticks with metal bobeches. They measure 10" to the top of the candlestick and 12...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Gilded Bronze & Blue John Candleabra in the Manner of Matthew Boulton
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine pair of four-light candelabra are English and made circa 1820. In the manner and style of the great English sliver and bronze craftsman Matthew Boulton, they are made from ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Rock Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of English Neoclassical Sterling Silver Column Candlesticks, 1933
Located in New York, NY
Pair of English Neoclassical sterling silver candlesticks, 1933. Each: Traditional column with stop-fluted shaft on stepped square base. Composite Corinthian capital with concave sid...
Category
1930s British Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 18th Century Italian Polychrome Sconces
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century Italian polychrome sconces.
Tall pair of antique Italian Neoclassical style carved wood polychrome sconces from Tuscany. These ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
$3,975 / set
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.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
Pair Large Italian Cast Iron Atheniennes
Located in New York, NY
Pair large Italian cast iron atheniennes. Tripod form oil lamps after the antique with urn shaped lamp raised on lion-head masks terminating in lion...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
$16,200 / set
Antique Solid Polished Brass Antit arnish Treated Candleholders, Circa 1930s
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of extra tall antique brass candlesticks with a lovely shaped column rising from a shaped stepped base, each still retaining their...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Pair Italian Silvered Metal Urn-Form Pricket Candleholders, 1st quarter 19th c.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Each fluted Campana-from urn with a removable bobeche below a pricket, the urns raised on socle bases with internal wooden frames
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Metal
Mid-20th century Pair of Tall Silvered Brass Candlesticks
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century pair of tall silvered brass candlesticks, India. Classical style. Square, stepped bases. Silver wear reveals brass over much of the surfaces.
15.75" h., 4.25" x 4.2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Silver, Brass
French Brass Church Altar Candlestick, Late 19th Century
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A tall and beautifully detailed French brass altar candlestick from the late 19th century, crafted during the Victorian era (known in France as the Belle Époque).
This classic eccle...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Pair Of Sterling Silver Neoclassical Candlesticks Decorated with Urns
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An exceptional pair of sterling silver candlesticks in a Neoclassical design.
Patterned with urns, rams heads and a square base with ornate detailing leading up to a tall slender c...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 18th Century Neoclassical Painted and Gilded Candlesticks with Hoof Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian neoclassical period painted and gilded candlesticks from the 18th century, with fluted motifs and hoof feet. Created in Italy during the later years of the 18th cen...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Candlestick in Silvered Copper, Embossed Decoration, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Torino, IT
Candlestick in silvered copper,
embossed decoration, original
from the period.
Origin
Italy
Period
18th century
Model
Candlestick, Torchère
Materials
Embossed decor...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
$921 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pair of 19th Century European Column Style Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of 19th Century column form sterling silver Candlesticks. The tops with original bobeches, on the Corinthian shaped tops. The center columns tapering larger towards the squa...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare 19th Century Indian Neoclassical Silver Oil Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Period Indian silver oil lamp of neoclassical inspiration
--Early 19th century
--Original Throughout including wick tools and flame/ball finial
--...
Category
Early 19th Century Indian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Silver
Pair of 19th Century Georgian Crystal and Wedgwood Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of 19th century English cut crystal and Wedgwood candelabra.
Neoclassical Adam Style.
Three candle arms.
Blue Jasperware base of classica...
Category
19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
$9,800 Sale Price / set
23% Off
Pair of Four-Armed Art Deco Candlesticks, 1930s-1940s, Sweden
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of four-armed Art Deco candlesticks. 1930s-1940s, Sweden. In very good condition. Unclear stamp.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Alpaca
Pair 18th C. Italian Giltwood and Polychrome Lyre-Form Architectural Ornaments
Located in Dallas, TX
Add sculptural presence to a wall, console, or tabletop with this expressive pair of 18th-century Italian architectural ornaments, carved in the form of stylized lyres. Likely once p...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Exceptional French 40's candelabra in the style of Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional French 40's wrought iron candelabra in the style of Gilbert Poillerat. Can be used as is or turned into a chic floor lamp.
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Large Antique Giltwood Sconces
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of large antique giltwood sconces.
Stunning pair of giltwood and gilt iron two-light candle sconces, circa 1920. These gorgeous Continen...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
$2,650 / set
Newburyport Pewter Candlesticks by Towle, a Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of traditional pewter candlestick holders made by Towle Silversmiths. Sleek flared capitals and graduated round bases. Marked ‘Towle’ underneath.
Each measures 3.75" tall x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Pewter
Exceptional French 1940s Candelabra in the Style of Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional French 1940s wrought iron candelabra in the style of Gilbert Poillerat. Can be used as is or turned into a chic floor lamp.
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of Palatial Sized Continental Floor Standing Torcheres, ca. 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of palatial sized continental floor standing candlesticks / torchères, ca. 1800.
Category
Early 1800s European Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY PAIR OF LACQUERED AND GILT CANDELABRA
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant pair of carved and ivory-lacquered Swiss pine candelabra, embellished with pure gold trim. The candelabra have a square base and a smooth amphora shape, enhanced by refined d...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of silver-plated Candlesticks, probably 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
A pair of double candle holders with caryatids and a round base. Stamped on the bottom ‘A. C.’ with a grasshopper and ‘doubl.’
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Silver
pair of Russian 18th century Neo-Classical Period Ormolu and Crystal sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite pair of Russian 18th century Neo-Classical Period Ormolu and Crystal sconces. This exceptional and extremely decorative pair of sconces displays a 'D' shaped center with...
Category
18th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Set of Four Italian Candle Holders 1900 circa Neoclassical Style Candlesticks
Located in Milano, MI
Set of four Neoclassical style Italian candleholders in silvered copper dating back to the early 1900.
This fine set of table candleholders, could be electrified and becomes an elegant set of four table lamps...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Copper
Pair of Neo-Classical Style Carved Chimera Form Candle Holders / Bookends
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of neoclassical style mythological carved wooden candle holders / bookends in the shape of chimeras holding a candle stick in one hand on ste...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Pair of Large Brass Altar Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Lovely pair of large brass Altar Candlesticks. Adorned with classical embellishments, a pair of winged cherubs at the base, and on paw feet. Perfect for an...
Category
1990s Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
$1,200 / set
Italian Laudarte SRL Gilt Bronze and Enameled Candlesticks with Flowers, a Pair
By Laudarte Srl
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Laudarte SRL Gilt Bronze and Enameled Candlesticks with Flowers, a Pair
Offered for sale is a pair of Italian gilt bronze and enamele...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Pair Neo-Classical Ormolu & Glass Flaming Torch Wall lights c.1920
Located in London, GB
This is a superb pair of stylish French Neo-classical ormolu & glass flaming torch wall lights, circa 1920 in date.
Each has an ormolu foliate and ribbon backplate holding a fr...
Category
1920s Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Ormolu
Pair Rock Crystal Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of bronze dore and rock crystal candlesticks.
Category
1990s North American Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
$880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Robust Italian Neoclassical Ivory Painted and Parcel-Gilt Candleholder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Of cornucopia form with flared candleholder tapering to a scrolled end; adorned with florets and acanthus leaves all-over a later ebonized wooden plinth; ex-collection of Michael Tay...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
$2,300 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Vintage Hand Carved Turned Wood Candlesticks, Candle Holders
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved solid wood candlesticks in the classic hand turned style with lovely proportions. Exact age and maker unknown.
Very good vintage condition. Very minor signs of wear. No ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Hardwood
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Delightful Pair of Tole and Brass Pineapple Candlesticks
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An eye-catching pair of painted tole, iron and brass candlesticks having wonderful pineapple motife.
Category
1970s American Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Iron
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...
Category
18th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal candlesticks. Each charming candlestick is raised on foliate Ormolu bun feet below a l...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Large Neoclassical Style Giltwood Torchère
Located in London, GB
Large neoclassical style giltwood torchère
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 170cm, diameter 52cm
This fine and large neoclassical styl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
$3,306 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted Wood Altar Pricket with Heraldic Shields
Located in Dallas, TX
Add a touch of ecclesiastical charm to your decor with this striking pair of antique pricket candlesticks. Hand-carved in Italy circa 1860...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Two Historistic Candleholder
Located in Wien, AT
Two historic candleholder.
Polished and stove enamelled.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
$771 / set
Italian Baroque Monumental Carved Giltwood Altar Candlestick
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Baroque (18th Century) monumental altar candlestick in a columnar form with carved detail and a gilt finish and having 5 lower candle holders (flat on back).
Losses to wood ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair 19th c Italian Neoclassic Urn-Carved Candelabras w/5 Candle Pricket Holders
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian pair of Neoclassical style five light candelabras from the 19th century. These antique candle holders from Italy are have gesso and silvered/gilt over a carved wood base i...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
Cut Glass Mounted Ormolu, Rock Crystal and White Marble Three-Light Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of Baltic neo-classical cut glass mounted ormolu, rock crystal and white marble three-light candelabras.
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: 30 1/2 in x 16 ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Rock Crystal, Marble, Ormolu
Gilt Bronzed Metal Double Candle Holders
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of gilt bronzed metal double candle holders. They depict double candle holders decorated with some scrolls of acanthus leaves in th...
Category
20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Metal
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Dutch Silver Floral Repousse Candle Sticks (Pair)
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th Century Silver Dutch Candlesticks
Sourced by Martyn Lawrence Bullard from London, England
Fitted with hallmark, and etched floral motif
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Silver
Pair of Massive Continental Altar Sticks Electrified as Torchere
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Elaborate pair of antique cast brass altar sticks which were electrified at a later time. Very solid feeling with ornate decoration and each with triple sockets.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
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 ...
Category
1830s Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Brass Figural and Decorative Foliage Prickets, Circa 1760
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian brass prickets with upper ringed bobeches, centered candle spikes, turned bulbous decorative spiral floral columns, supported on triangula...
Category
1760s Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Very stylish pair of Neoclassical period sterling silver candlesticks - 1792
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1792 by Thomas Lamborn, this attractive, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Candlesticks, feature fluted decoration, swags, rosettes and ac...
Category
1790s English Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of French Silvered and Gilt Bronze Candelabra
Located in London, GB
Pair of French silvered and gilt bronze candelabra
French, Late 19th Century
Height 64cm, width 37cm, depth 37cm
Crafted in the 19th century, this pair of French candelabra exudes ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$8,030 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Clear Glass Crystal Candlesticks
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of low crystal glass candlesticks.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Glass
$275 Sale Price
21% Off
Lovely pair of candle holders by Maison Lancel in ceramic
Located in NICE, FR
This exquisite pair of ceramic candle holders, signed "Lancel Paris Made in Italy" on the base, embodies refined craftsmanship and delicate artistry. Designed in the shape of bloomin...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Painted Walnut Candlestick
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique walnut candelabra brown painted, period 1800s, restored and wax polished
Measures cm: Height 90, diameter 25.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical George III Period Pair of Candlesticks - Hallmarked in 1790
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1790 by John Parsons & Co., this handsome pair of George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Candlesticks, are in the neoclassical style, with bright cut e...
Category
1790s English Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bronze Neoclassical Candlestick Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th Century English candlestick lamp of bronze in a neoclassical style ornamented with rams heads, napolean butting, swags, bellflower...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical candle holders for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical 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, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical candle holders 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 candle holders, popular names associated with this style include Gherardo Degli Albizzi, Tiffany & Co., Ferdinand Barbedienne, and Gorham Manufacturing Company. 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 $75 and tops out at $228,710 while the average work can sell for $2,875.
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