Pair of candlesticks candlesticks Regency bronze chiseled flowers candlesticks eighteenth
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Pair of finely chiseled bronze candlesticks, hexagonal binet, three-sided shaft decorated with floral and plant motifs, mounted on a plinth with contours, ogens and gorges, from the 18th century Regency period.
These candlesticks are in good condition. They were silver but are currently penniless.
A note: some small shocks, dirt and wear of time, see photos.
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* The candlestick or torch becomes in the 17th century synonymous with candlestick , then more precisely of table candlestick or fireplace with a single light. Generally arranged in pairs, the candlesticks are made up of three parts made of silver, bronze or silver metal and which are screwed into one another: the foot, the shaft and the binet. In the 17th century , the torches had a fluted barrel , fairly short and square in section, resting on a large square base or with cut sides. Their silhouette is not very elegant but they are stable.
At the start of the 18th century , the candlestick adopted the slender shape that has become familiar to us: a cantilevered baluster shaft , slightly pyramidal octagonal base, surmounted by an inverted tulip bulge. The classic cut-off torch was made until the turn of the century. A society in love with refinement, however, prefers more sophisticated ornamentation: twisted ribs on the base, friezes of ovals, gadroons, cartouches, staples and rockeries sown on the shaft and the binet, garlands of flowers; other candlesticks are decorated with Cupids, extraordinary rockeries, caryatids .
Under the Empire, the truncated conical shaft on a circular base and the flared tulip binet abruptly replaced the baluster silhouette, the whole being enhanced by a slight frieze in palm leaves. After the Restoration , the silver or bronze torch returned to its previous forms. But it loses its utilitarian role and becomes a simple extra, on either side of the fireplace.