{"product_id":"pair-of-antique-bronze-candlesticks-24579","title":"Pair of Antique Bronze Candlesticks, Louis XVI Empire Style Fluted Column — France, 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fluted column candlestick was one of the most disciplined forms the classical revival produced. Where the rococo candlestick had curved and scrolled, the column candlestick stood straight — a shaft drawn directly from architecture, its vertical reeding a quotation of the temple column, its stepped square base a quotation of the plinth beneath. The style bridges Louis XVI and Empire precisely because both periods drew from the same source: the confidence that classical proportion, correctly applied, needed no further ornament to justify itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is French, nineteenth century, cast in bronze, each candlestick built as a fluted column rising from a stepped square base to a socket cup with a slightly flared rim. The base descends in two clean tiers — a lower square plinth and an upper rounded moulding — before the column proper begins its vertical rise, the fluting running the full length of the shaft without interruption. At the top, the socket sits on a small collar, its rim gently everted to catch drips, the practical detail that every well-designed candlestick provided for. The bronze carries an attractive antique patina across both pieces, the warm, even darkening that comes from more than a century of handling and honest use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth candlesticks are in immaculate condition, matched in scale and patina, the fluting crisp throughout. They stand ready for a dining table, a mantelpiece, or a pair of side tables that can carry their classical weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey arrive professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: each — Height 27 cm (10.6 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: bronze, antique patina\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: Louis XVI-Empire transitional style, French, 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nCandle cups: one per candlestick — non-electric; takes standard taper candles\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: excellent; antique patina consistent and attractive across the pair; fluting crisp throughout\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59526944850265,"sku":"LM-V-311","price":918.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8604806901_s4uq.jpg?v=1790013556","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/pair-of-antique-bronze-candlesticks-24579","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}