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From Barber Osgerby’s elegantly planar candlesticks for Puiforcat to Beata Heuman’s go-to palette of Mylands paints, industry brands across categories are coming together to bring thoughtful new offerings to designers’ tool kits.—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025 Spring tablescapes have a way of bringing out our inner whimsy with floral placemats, colorful candlesticks, and now (again) with cabbageware: dishes that look like cabbage.—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025 The mantel features a vintage oil painting and candlesticks straight out of a fairy tale.—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2025 Of course, these candlestick holders are designed to display taper candles, but Haack opted to style a set of three as is.—Maggie Horton, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for candlestick
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of candlestick was
before the 12th century
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