Inlay Candle Stands

Antique 19th Century Intricately Carved Anglo-Indian Side Table. A beautiful finely carved British Colonial wooden occasional side table from India. Antique fine quality pierced an...

An exquisite Columbia Manufacturing Genuine Mahogany with Inlay and Tooled Leather Candle Stand.

Monumental Credenza, Sideboard, Storage Cabinet by Maitland Smith Mid-Century Modern Design heavy solid crafted and made in the Philippines. Made out of tessellated stone over wood...

American Hepplewhite mahogany octagonal candle stand with center inlaid star, turned bulbous ringed pedestal, original locking mechanism, and resting on a tripod saber leg base with ...

English Regency painted and gilt satinwood inlaid tripod candle stand with a spiral ringed pedestal, and resting on curvature splayed legs with bal...

Dating from the Victorian period and likely being made in England is a unique and decorative demilune style accent table or candle stand. The pedes...

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...

A very good quality late 19th Century French marquetry inlaid oval side table. The top having this wonderful inlaid basket of flowers, a brass pierced gallery, a candle slide and sin...