Pair of antique baroque lantern stands in gilded wood, Italy, 18th century.

Pair of antique baroque lantern supports in gilded wood, Italy, 18th century. Pair of lantern supports with an iron structure and a sculpted and gilded wooden body. Expressing a fully baroque taste, the arms are curved in an "S" shape, while the wood is carved with characteristic motifs of flowers and leaves that entwine. The floral corollas at the ends of the arms conceal the hook that originally held the lantern's suspension chain.