{"product_id":"vintage-pair-of-empire-style-47219","title":"Vintage Pair of Empire Style Candlesticks, Copper-Tone Metal with Figural Relief Band, Urn Candle Cups, 27.5 cm","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early nineteenth century, Europe fell in love with the ancient world all over again. Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt and the excavations of Roman cities filled designers' sketchbooks with columns, urns and processions of figures. The style that grew from it, known as Empire, gave even the household candlestick the dignity of a small classical monument, and it was revived and admired for generations afterward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair of candlesticks carries that classical language in every part. Each rises from a broad, stepped round base to a slender column, encircled at its lower part by a band of figures in relief above a border of pointed leaves. At the top, the candle cup takes the shape of a classical urn, a form borrowed from the bell-shaped vases of antiquity, in which the cup flares at the rim and narrows to a rounded body. The whole profile is balanced and architectural, and as a matched pair they frame a mantel or table with a quiet symmetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe candlesticks reach us in good condition for their age, with a warm copper-tone patina and small marks from years of use. They have clearly lit many evenings, and they are ready to light many more. They look their best at either end of a mantelpiece or flanking a centerpiece on the dining table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn short, this is a vintage pair of Empire style candlesticks in copper-tone metal, with figural relief bands and urn-shaped candle cups, each 27.5 cm tall. They are exactly as pictured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e DETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Height 27.5 cm (10.8 in) each. About the height of a sheet of letter paper.\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: Copper-tone metal\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: Empire style; vintage\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: Professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide. We handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery.\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good for age; warm copper-tone patina; small marks from use.\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: Accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59778845671769,"sku":"LM-V-271","price":398.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8690745395_3du9.jpg?v=1791452949","url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/products\/vintage-pair-of-empire-style-47219","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}