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New Listing! Here at Collectics we love Syroco home furnishings from the midcentury, and last week we came across this super pair of wall candleholder sconces that are sure to add flair to any room in your house. The detail, particularly in the intricate floral design, is quite striking, and the shimmering gold finish is of course a hallmark of vintage Syroco home accessories. The Syracuse Ornamental Company, known as SYROCO, was founded in the late 1890's by an Austrian woodcarver named Adolph Holstein. They developed a molding technique wherein they could create perfect replicas of their original carvings. These molds also featured a wood grain within the mold, allowing for a more detailed aesthetic. The recipe of wood flour, waxes, and resins combined with compression molding created an inexpensive but high quality product. In the 1950's, Syroco produced these highly stylized wall mirrors, sconces, and decorations, and in 1953 they introduced a process for obtaining the finish on these seemingly gilded home accessories called "metalgold" as evidenced by these scones. Metalgold was their process which, as their catalog states, "real metal is deposited on the object and toned and shaded by skilled hand operations." Both of these candle sconces are all ready to hang, and they're marked on the back with the Syroco copyright mark, model number, and Made in USA. They're in very good condition with a few very minor nicks in the finish that are just the expected sign of age, and they each measure approximately 13.5" x 7.25".

$85.00/pair