Silvered Candlestick LampEmpire Style Table Lamp with Beige Shade — French, Unpierced Conversion

Lampshade condition and delivery: The shade shown is not in good condition and is supplied only on request. It is not included as standard.

DETAILS:
Height: 45 cm (17.7 in) · Shade diameter: 25 cm (9.8 in) — with shade, roughly the height of two wine bottles
Silvered metal; unpierced lamp conversion, reversible; beige cloth shade shown; supplied only on request
Electrical: Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.
Condition of lamp body: very good condition; silvering bright with gentle age marks to base

Before dispatch, our workshop will inspect and test the electrical system, with rewiring and replacement fittings where needed. Delivered working and ready to use.

When the Empire style swept France, even the candlestick stood to attention: shafts became obelisks and columns, ornament tightened into beading and crisp leaf bands, and the object on the mantel took on the discipline of architecture. Sticks of this type lit French interiors for a century, and the best of them were later given a second life as lamps — the conversion the twentieth century performed on every fine candlestick it inherited.

This lamp is French, a silvered candlestick in the Empire taste, attributed to the nineteenth century: a tapering shaft with cut corners rising from a leaf-cast collar and a round moulded base, through a ringed knop to a ball and a dished drip pan beneath the candle sleeve. Watch the shaft as you move around it — the cut-cornered form breaks the light into flat, distinct planes rather than one running highlight, the Empire designer's way of making a small object read as architecture. The conversion to a lamp was made without piercing the candlestick, so the original body is unaltered beneath and the mounting is reversible — the respectful way these conversions were done. The lamp is checked through our workshop before dispatch, fitted with the appropriate plug or adapter for your country, and ready to use.

The silvering is bright and well preserved, with only the gentle marks of age visible on the base, as the photographs show. Whoever read by this light before you kept the silver bright. It suits a bedside table, a mantel end, or a marble-topped console.

The lamp is silvered metal with its shade supplied only on request, converted without piercing and reversible to a candlestick. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.

Condition

Electrical details

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A decorative style is not a guarantee of a particular maker or date. See the individual listing for the stated attribution and period.

Worldwide delivery is included in the price. Every piece is individually packed, tracked and fully insured. No shipping charge is added at checkout. If your destination is not listed, please contact us before ordering.

Maison Jaspers pays US tariffs and import duties. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Contact us before ordering if you need destination-specific guidance.

Dispatch timing is shown above. Transit time depends on your destination.

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