Candelabrum Seven Arms - Bronze - Caryatids






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Two bronze candelabras from the 1850–1900 period, in the antique Louis XV style with central female Caryatid figures, each featuring seven curving arms and a warm gold patina, originating from France and measuring 45 cm high, 40 cm wide and 40 cm deep, in good used condition with signs of age.
Description from the seller
They are two nineteenth-century bronze candelabras, imposing and theatrical, conceived in full Luis XV taste, where Rococo fantasy blends with nineteenth-century craftsmanship to produce pieces with almost stage-like presence. Each one is organized around a central caryatid, a tall, stylized female figure that acts as a living column: it supports the body of the candelabrum with vertical elegance that recalls the figures that decorated eighteenth-century large furniture and fireplaces, reinterpreted here with the force of solid bronze.
From that figure emerge the seven arms, a display remarkable for its number and for the smooth way they branch out. They are not rigid arms: they curve, they undulate, they open like golden branches, each ending in its corresponding candle-holder. The composition creates an ascending, almost vegetal rhythm, where the light — when the candles were lit — should multiply in a play of shadows and reflections that turns the whole into a small luminous architecture.
The bronze, worked with precision, preserves a warm patina that accentuates the reliefs: folds of the figure, volutes, leaves, small flowers, and Rococo motifs that unfold naturally. The base, equally ornate, provides stability and a visual counterpoint that balances the verticality of the arms.
They are pieces that condense the spirit of Louis XV reinterpreted by the XIXth century: gentle luxury, decorative fantasy, continuous movement, and craftsmanship that does not fear excess but controls it with grace. In pair, they function as two symmetrical and majestic presences, capable of transforming any space into a stage.
Shipped with tracking and good packing.
Seller's Story
They are two nineteenth-century bronze candelabras, imposing and theatrical, conceived in full Luis XV taste, where Rococo fantasy blends with nineteenth-century craftsmanship to produce pieces with almost stage-like presence. Each one is organized around a central caryatid, a tall, stylized female figure that acts as a living column: it supports the body of the candelabrum with vertical elegance that recalls the figures that decorated eighteenth-century large furniture and fireplaces, reinterpreted here with the force of solid bronze.
From that figure emerge the seven arms, a display remarkable for its number and for the smooth way they branch out. They are not rigid arms: they curve, they undulate, they open like golden branches, each ending in its corresponding candle-holder. The composition creates an ascending, almost vegetal rhythm, where the light — when the candles were lit — should multiply in a play of shadows and reflections that turns the whole into a small luminous architecture.
The bronze, worked with precision, preserves a warm patina that accentuates the reliefs: folds of the figure, volutes, leaves, small flowers, and Rococo motifs that unfold naturally. The base, equally ornate, provides stability and a visual counterpoint that balances the verticality of the arms.
They are pieces that condense the spirit of Louis XV reinterpreted by the XIXth century: gentle luxury, decorative fantasy, continuous movement, and craftsmanship that does not fear excess but controls it with grace. In pair, they function as two symmetrical and majestic presences, capable of transforming any space into a stage.
Shipped with tracking and good packing.
