Walnut Candle Stands

Mid 20th Century George III Style Mahogany and Tooled Leather Pedestal Floor Candle Stand. Measures 14.25" in width, 14.25" in depth and 19.5" in height

19th century English walnut kidney shaped side table c.1880 Hand carved - Pokerwork carving - Custom made The table shows some past repairs to the base (please see images) 2...

A walnut top side table with a Neo-Gothic wrought iron base. The base has a twisted pedestal support resting on a knob with applied lifework and three sabre legs with fluted feet....

Louis XVI Style Fruitwood (walnut) and Marble Inset Low Wine Table. Early 20th Century French Walnut & Galleried Marble Top Bouillotte Candle Stand. Measures 13.5" in width, 13.5" in...

Fine pair of matching Regency candle stands with subtle lipped trays on top of unusually turned columns. Stands end with delicately carved cabriole legs with acanthus leaves on the k...

This Ferguson tilt top dates to the early half of the 20th century. It's made of walnut. The top is a hand painted fabric. The top tilts for easy storage and decor. The table sits on...

Hand-carved walnut & fruitwood Italian pedestal table. This 19th century, hand-crafted display stand is another good example of 19th century workmanship and it is decorative items s...

This candle stand dates to the later half of the 19th century. It's made of walnut. The top is a nicely figured walnut. The top tilts for easy storage and decor. The table sits on a ...

With a circular top supported on a barley twist support joined by a circular base carved with leaf tips. Carved paw feet.

Rare Egyptian Revival Regency Period Candlestand with Thebes-Style Legs England, circa 1815 An exceptional Regency period candlestand or guéridon, notable for its rare Egyptian Revi...

Federal walnut tilt-top candlestand. The rectangular cut-corner top on vase and ring-turned support and tripod base of shaped legs.

The metal pricket and drip-tray surmounding the baluster, ring and barley-twist turned stem which is supported by and elaborate acanthus-leaf and scroll carved base terminating in lion-paw feet. Excellent original color and patina. Provenance: Private Collection, purchased Derek Green...

Due to their utilitarian nature, surviving pairs of 17th century candle stands/torchères are extremely rare and generally only seen today in great houses. The quality of the marquetry decoration and the attention to detail indicate that these candle stands were probably made for a substantial household. The turned stems displays the skill of the turner, and create fluidity, variety of form, emphasing the quality of the solid walnut grain and the floral inlay as well as holding and balancing the form of the top. The sweeping, scroll feet balance the proportion and fluidity of the candle stands/torchères, giving them presence. They are sturdy and in excellent condition. Virtually identical turnings and form. Both with octagonal tops, one with a central marquetry floral spray, the other plain. The upper sections with solid walnut baluster and ring turnings leading into lower octagonal sections decorated with marquetry floral sprays repeated 3 times. The stems supported by octagonal blocks with a repeat of the floral spray and scroll tripod bases with two floral sprays on the upper facing sections. Excellent original colour and patina. English. Height 96cm, Top diameter 29cm Moveable stands to support a candlestick or lamp were intended to supplement the fixed lighting arrangements of rooms. The evidence of inventories suggests that they did not become common in France until about 1650 when they accompanied fine tables and cabinets. Such stands, being sometimes in the form of gueridons. The fashion for decorative candlestands spread rapidly after the Restoration, when they were often made en-suite to flank a sidetable with a mirror above. Such sets are mentioned in lists of household goods and by contemporary writers. In 1664, for instance, Mary Verney is anxious to obtain “a table and stands of the same coler”. The Academy of Armory, published in 1688, defines a candle-stand as a “little round table...

One board top with great figure and a dish top, bird cage, urn pedestal, cabriole legs terminating in snake feet.