Mahogany Torchere or Lamp Stand

A tall pair of mahogany torchère or lamp stands This is a fine quality pair of mahogany torchère they have a circular flat top with a raised moulded rim. They each stand on a carv...

Tall 19th century carved mahogany pedestal The column has an intricate tulip and acanthus leaf carvings top and bottom with a faceted section between The Torchere is very sturdy...

19th century carved mahogany pedestal torchere The column has a tight barley twist turning, both top and bottom are round, the top has a small lip...

19th century carved mahogany pedestal torchere The column has a barley twist turning, both top and bottom are round, the top has a small lip and t...

19th century carved mahogany pedestal torchere The column has a tight barley twist turning, both top and bottom are round, the top has a small lip...

A 4 Tray Mahogany Table Cake Stand or Dumb Waiter A charming and unusual piece is in good condition, it is a central rectangular table with a scalloped edge which has 2 round cake trays...

An Extremely Attractive And Very Good Quality Late 18th Century, George III Period, Mahogany Torchere, or Candle Stand, Having Well Figured Octagonal Top With Elegant Wavy Gallery, Raised On Fine Turned Central Column Terminating With Downswelt Tripod Legs. The actual definition of a torchere is a lamp on a tall stand...

A very attractive and good quality late 18th century Georgian mahogany torchere, or candle stand, having well figured detachable circular top with moulded rim, over elegant turned stem with fluted decoration, terminating on three splayed tripod legs. The actual definition of a torchere is a lamp on a tall stand made of wood or metal. However these days any kind of tall antique table...

Beautiful tall Antique Torchere stand. solid Mahogany . Especial for Oil lamps because its height . Very nice elegant model . Very good conditi...

Due to their utilitarian nature, surviving pairs of 17th century candle stands/torchères are extremely rare and generally only seen today in great houses. The quality of the marquetry decoration and the attention to detail indicate that these candle stands were probably made for a substantial household. The turned stems displays the skill of the turner, and create fluidity, variety of form, emphasing the quality of the solid walnut grain and the floral inlay as well as holding and balancing the form of the top. The sweeping, scroll feet balance the proportion and fluidity of the candle stands/torchères, giving them presence. They are sturdy and in excellent condition. Virtually identical turnings and form. Both with octagonal tops, one with a central marquetry floral spray, the other plain. The upper sections with solid walnut baluster and ring turnings leading into lower octagonal sections decorated with marquetry floral sprays repeated 3 times. The stems supported by octagonal blocks with a repeat of the floral spray and scroll tripod bases with two floral sprays on the upper facing sections. Excellent original colour and patina. English. Height 96cm, Top diameter 29cm Moveable stands to support a candlestick or lamp were intended to supplement the fixed lighting arrangements of rooms. The evidence of inventories suggests that they did not become common in France until about 1650 when they accompanied fine tables and cabinets. Such stands, being sometimes in the form of gueridons. The fashion for decorative candlestands spread rapidly after the Restoration, when they were often made en-suite to flank a sidetable with a mirror above. Such sets are mentioned in lists of household goods and by contemporary writers. In 1664, for instance, Mary Verney is anxious to obtain “a table and stands of the same coler”. The Academy of Armory, published in 1688, defines a candle-stand as a “little round table...

The upper tier of this shaving stand originally would have had an open ring that supported a bowl. It has since been filled with a fine mahogany board, offering the opportunity to pl...

Originally a shaving or wig stand, this pedestal has been re-purposed in recent years to serve duty as a planter. It would do an exemplary job of holding a small piece of bronze, or...