Item number: 60214
A contemporary sterling silver candelabra”Snakewood”,
Antwerp 2024 by Georges Cuyvers
The elegantly curved body decorated with vertical martelé across its entire surface, while the flattened upper section is kept high-gloss and smooth with the recessed spouts.
A heavily worked candelabra of unusual, modern, simple elegance. We are currently able to offer a second version of this object to form a pair.
24.9 cm / 9.80″ length, 13.1 cm / 5.15″ tall; 1130.5 g / 36.34 z
Georges Cuyvers – Designer, goldsmith and silversmith
Georges Cuyvers lives and works as a goldsmith, silversmith and designer in Antwerp.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) from 1970-76 and with Piet Hye from 1973-77. From 1979-82 he taught at the Stedelijke Nijverheidsschool in Antwerp. From 1986 to 2016, he taught as a professor of design, goldsmithing and silversmithing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and is now a freelance artist. Among other activities, he is co-founder of the ” EUSILVA v.z.w. ” – European Silver Association, a Belgian association for the promotion of contemporary silversmithing, as well as the ” DE VLAAMS-TSJECHISCHE- EN SLOVAAKSE VERENIGING v.z.w. “, an association for the cultural promotion and exchange of contemporary art.
Georges Cuyvers is one of Belgium’s most important actors in contemporary design and silversmithing and can look back on a large number of solo exhibitions in Europe and abroad. His works are also presented at Brafa (Brussels) and Tefaf (Maastricht), among others.
