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.
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Style: Neoclassical
2 Alpaca Historistic Candle Holder, circa 1890s
Located in Wien, AT
2 Alpaca historistic candle holder, circa 1890s
Slightly hand polished.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Alpaca
Napoleon III Period Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Clock Set by Picard
By Henri Picard
Located in London, GB
This magnificent clock set is the work of celebrated French maker Henri Picard, who collaborated on this fine piece together with the famous firm of clockmakers, Raingo Freres. Both ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Carved Candleholders
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of late 18th century Italian giltwood candleholders. Central carved urn form flanked by Greek key forms. Made to fit against the wall, late 18th century, Italy.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Large Pair Classical Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive good quality pair of 19th century classical bronze and ormolu candelabra, each with ormolu roses, leaves and four scroll...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Walnut
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.
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Late 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Alpaca
Two Historistic Candleholder
Located in Wien, AT
Two historic candleholder.
Polished and stove enamelled.
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1890s Austrian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
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
Lemerle-Charpentier & Compagnie Red Marble, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This fine and ornate antique clock set by Lemerle-Charpentier & Compagnie comprises a clock and two flanking candelabra. The asymmetrical clock is set on a red marble base with ormolu feet and features a central relief panel in patinated bronze. The circular red marble clock...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Lemerle-Charpentier & Cie Marble, Gilt and Patinated Bronze Clock Set
Located in London, GB
This fine clock set is crafted in patinated bronze, red marble and ornamented throughout with exquisite ormolu. It is the work of Lemerle-Charpentier & Cie, a French company highly celebrated for their superlative clock sets and garnitures.
The set comprises a central clock and a pair of flanking candelabra. The clock is set on an oval plinth of red marble with ormolu feet. To the front of the plinth is set a relief panel in patinated bronze. Upon the plinth is set a fluted column of patinated bronze with ormolu flowers and banding, surmounted by an ormolu urn. The circular clock dial is set to the front of the column, with a face of red marble and Roman numerals in ormolu. Next to the clock face column stands the full length figure of the Greek goddess of hunting, Diana, holding a torch cast in patinated bronze. The pair of flanking candelabra are set on square plinths of red marble with canted angles and ormolu feet. Atop this are set fluted columns of patinated bronze, and an ovoid urn with relief panels with reliefs of classical figures on the main body and twin ormolu handles. Atop the urns are set candelabra...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Monumental French Antique Marble and Bronze Candelabra Torcheres
Located in London, GB
This pair of fine candelabra torcheres take form on a monumental scale, each of them standing almost two and a half metres tall. The casting is superior in its quality and could be attributed to one of the 19th century masters, such as Deniere or Barbedienne. Each torchere is formed of a fluted veined marble column set...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Neoclassical Bronze Two-Tone Figural Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Pair of very fine quality 19 century French Grand Tour two-tone bronze neoclassical figural candelabra on Italian Siena marble bases.
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1880s French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French gilt bronze candlesticks
three-light candleholder.
France, 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Period 18th Century Carved Giltwood Candlesticks
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of Italian noclassical period carved and painted giltwood candlesticks from the 18th century, with paw feet. Each of this pair of exq...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Russian Neoclassical Cobalt Blue Glass and Bronze, Six-Light Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Russian neoclassical Royal cobalt blue glass and hand diamond cut crystal "Waterfall Candelabras" with bronze mounts. The spherical Royal cobalt blue glass anchors the delica...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal, Marble, Bronze
ltalian Monumental Neoclassical Gilt Wood Seven Lght Torchere or Menorah
Located in Troy, NY
Imposing, unique Gilt Wood Torchere or Menorah of Palatial Proportions in an Egyptian Revival Design. The tripod base adorned with stylized Egyptian heads supporting a finely carved ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Giltwood
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
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.
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1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wrought Iron
Large-Scaled Pair of Italian Neoclassical Painted and Parcel-Gilt Candlesticks
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large-scaled pair of Italian neoclassical pale green painted and parcel-gilt carved candlesticks; each with everted lip above a columnar support over a lobed mid-section; raised on...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Pair of Louis XVI Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Patinated bronze female figures supporting three candle arms, raised on circular red marble section with square bases with guilloche decoration.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Russian Crystal and Bronze Candelabras, Imperial Russian Glass Workshop
Located in New York, NY
A pair of finely crafted Russian diamond-patterned cut-crystal five-light candelabra mounted and embellished with finely chased doré Bbonze mounts, from the early 1800s. These rare candelabra are attributed to the Imperial Russian Glass...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
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 monopedia on in-curving shaped p...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique Russian "Waterfall" Rock Crystal and Doré Bronze Candelabrum
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Russian rock crystal, doré bronze and white Carrara marble double light candelabrum in the form of a "waterfall." The candelabrum ...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal, Carrara Marble, Bronze
Neoclassical Brass and Wedgwood Candelabra signed by Edward F Caldwell, c. 1910s
Located in New York, NY
ACS0502
A pair of three arm bronze candelabra with pierced bobeches and slender arms on Wedgwood ceramic jasperware bases. Signed by the New York maker E. F. Caldwell.
Dimensions:
O...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Pair of Neoclassical Style Bronze Candelabras
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of neoclassical style bronze figural candelabras, circa 1920s, beautiful patination, the circular onyx base supporting a bronze winged women holding up scroll and patera decorat...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Caldwell Pair of Silvered and Doré Bronze Neoclassic Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Caldwell, a pair of doré and silvered bronze tripod form floor lamps on conforming marble bases. The seven-armed candelabra are carried on neoclassic urns decorated with rams' heads ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
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 Neoclassic Cut Glass and Brass Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
Pair of North European Neo-classic (Possibly Russian19th Century) cut glass candlesticks with enamel decorated lacquered brass pagoda designed drip pan and base (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Brass
Early American style Hurricane Candle holders , Nickel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Glass shades are very well carved with what looks like large Oak Leafs . The glass is at a 7" dia at the top and are mounted on a solid brass base all polished and plated in Nick...
Category
1990s American Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Glass
19th Century Gilt Bronze Faun Neoclassical Candlesticks
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Gilt Bronze Faun Neoclassical Candlesticks. Beautiful set, see photos.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Faux Marble and Giltwood Candlesticks
Located in Nashville, TN
On later acrylic bases ( with center screw hole ) .the shaft of green faux marble enclose by gilt lotus form motif . Suitable for lamp conversion .
Stamped ‘ Italy ‘
Typical wear ,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Candle Holders
Materials
Wood
Pair of Empire Egyptian Style Bronze and Rock Crystal Candlesticks
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of Empire Egyptian style bronze and rock crystal candlesticks.
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Candle Holders
Pair of Louis Philippe Bronze and Marble Candelabra
Located in Essex, MA
Each with cherub holding a flowering branch, on a white cylindrical marble base with square marble plinth.
Category
1790s French Antique Neoclassical Candle Holders
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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