‘What I’d like to find under the Christmas tree’
Under the Christmas tree I would like to find this pair of candlesticks which is a well-known design by William Arthur Smith Benson (British 1854-1921) and dates from around 1900. Benson was an English Architect and Designer whodesigned furniture until he opened a workshop for the production of turned metalwork in 1880 after designingcopper pieces for his good friend William Morris. The candlesticks themselves are very interesting. Copper sconces at one end are balanced on hooped feet by a brass sphere at the other. The juxtaposition of the spherical weight and the dominant straight line of the balanced arm work well. I like them as my eyes are drawn around the object taking it in as a whole. There are variations on this design but I think this pairare a very good example and would work well displayedindividually or together.
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