A Finely Carved Pair of Blackamoor Torchere Stands

Retail Price: £50,000 Warehouse Sale Price £25,000

Dimensions: H: 84 in / 214 cm W: 19 in / 39 cm D: 22 in / 56 cm Constructed in walnut, and ebonised, the realistically carved and lightly draped smiling female figures, in contraposto stances, hold shaped trays, designed as candlestands. Rising from hexagonal plinths, of waisted and fluted form. Circa 1870