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18th C. Carved and Giltwood Candlestick.
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    Roy and nadine precious: specialists in portraiture from the 16th to the 20th century. Established in 1972.
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18th C. Carved and Giltwood Candlestick.

18th century
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An impressive Italian Baroque carved and giltwood candlestick in good unrestored condition.

Size: 28 inches tall

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Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this Carved Giltwood Candlestick to the 18th Century.

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Description
An impressive Italian Baroque carved and giltwood candlestick in good unrestored condition.

Size: 28 inches tall

PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING

Date of Manufacture

Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this Carved Giltwood Candlestick to the 18th Century.

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Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art
Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art
Sellingantiques verified Since Mar 2003

Roy and nadine precious: specialists in portraiture from the 16th to the 20th century. Established in 1972.

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An 18th-century carved giltwood candlestick featuring acanthus leaf motifs and a tripod base resting on scroll feet.
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Archive I An 18th-century carved giltwood candlestick featuring acanthus leaf motifs and a tripod base resting on scroll feet.

18th C. Carved and Giltwood Candlestick.

Archive II An 18th-century carved giltwood candlestick featuring acanthus leaf motifs and a tripod base resting on scroll feet. View II
Archive III An 18th-century carved giltwood candlestick featuring acanthus leaf motifs and a tripod base resting on scroll feet. View III
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Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art

Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art
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Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art
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An 18th-century carved giltwood candlestick featuring acanthus leaf motifs and a tripod base resting on scroll feet.
18th c. carved and giltwood candlestick.
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An 18th-century carved giltwood candlestick featuring acanthus leaf motifs and a tripod base resting on scroll feet.
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  • ObjectCandlesticks
  • Period18th century
  • Style18th Century Rococo
  • MaterialGiltwood, Gesso, Wood
  • ColourGold
  • MotifsAcanthus leaf carvings, Scroll feet, Fluted column, Triform base

This eighteenth-century Italian Baroque candlestick is fashioned from wood finished in gesso and giltwood with a rich gold colour. The ornate design incorporates a triform base resting on scroll feet, a fluted column, and detailed acanthus leaf carvings. Visible details include intricate relief mouldings, distressed gilt surfaces showing signs of age and wear, and a white candle fitted at the top. The piece stands 71 cm tall. Positioned on a mantelpiece, this decorative antique brings an authentic eighteenth-century French Chateau aesthetic to a traditional interior setting. The sculptural silhouette creates a striking focal point, serving as a functional candle holder or a standalone decorative accent on a living room or dining room mantel.

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An 18th-century giltwood candlestick is a hand-carved wooden candle holder coated with a plaster-like gesso preparation and decorated with ultra-thin gold leaf. Commonly commissioned for churches, cathedrals, and aristocratic estates across Europe, these pieces feature ornate Baroque or Rococo architectural motifs.

These candlesticks were carved from lightweight softwoods such as pine, lime, or poplar. The carved wood was coated with multiple layers of gessoa mixture of animal glue binder and chalkbefore soft clay bole was applied to secure the water-gilded gold leaf finish.

Authentic period pieces display hand-chiseled tool marks beneath the surface, natural timber shrinkage cracks, and underlying white gesso or reddish clay bole where the gold leaf has worn away over time. They often show historical iron pricket spikes or evidence of early conversion to socket fittings.

Interior designers frequently position individual or paired giltwood candlesticks on contemporary sideboards, mantelpieces, or marble consoles. The distressed gilded texture provides visual warmth and architectural contrast against neutral walls and clean-lined modern furniture.

Giltwood requires delicate maintenance using only a soft, dry artist brush or ostrich feather duster to gently lift surface dust. Liquid cleaners, damp cloths, and chemical polishes must be strictly avoided, as moisture dissolves water-soluble gesso and permanently strips the gold leaf layer.
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