Neoclassical Torchēres

Pair of delicate 19th century English, Adams style neoclassical wall sconces Two foliate adorned arms rise from the hand carved reeded giltwood urns.

This beautiful late 18th century Northern Italian neoclassical Piedmontese commode has a later Cara Calla marble top with it's original ormolu. The Marquetery Inlay is of flowers an...

A rare English Neoclassical center table. Resting on a raised pedestal four finely carved winged lion griffins support a magnificent book matc...

Tourists brought these home after visiting Italy during the grand tour period. They are cast of solid bronze in France. Rising from the lion-footed base is a column holding a five-a...

This elegant English neoclassical period card table is veneered in flame birch and has gilded elements. Three gilded scroll feet support the Regency trefoil...

We have collected quite a few centerpieces over the years, but I have never handled one this scale. Three biscque porcelain winged women rise out of foliate tails bear the weight of ...

A pair of large English carved and painted Neo-Classical torcheres. In the original paints and with concealed aluminium dish uplighters at the top. Provenance: The late Robert Maxwell

Single Torchere in maple with a scalloped glass shade

These amazing gilt bronze girandole form candelabra feature Robert Adam style decoration, including swag, rams heads, and acanthus leaves. They retain the original marble and carved giltwood stands...

Stilnovo brass floor lamp torchere from the 1950s, all original parts, with enameled over-scaled up shade, mounted on three brass feet. This ...

A Palatial Pair of French 19th/20th Century Neoclassical Revival Style Ebonized Cast-Iron and Parcel-Gilt Torcheres (torchières - Lamp Posts). The park-like torcheres surmounted with...

A very fine pair of French 19th-20th century neoclassical style patinated cast iron figural torchères by A. Durenne, Paris, each representing a figure of a standing young maiden, her arms raised forward while holding a a flaming urn gas light (Now electrified) with a frosted glass flame, each raised on a veined grey marble column stand, both cast-signed 'A. Durenne, Paris'. Antoine Durenne was an internationally renowned French art founder. He attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1842. Durenne purchased a small foundry in Sommevoire, near the Val d'Osne, Haute-Marne, France and established The Durenne firm, circa Paris, 1900. Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic Expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...