by DesignBabylon on 22 February 2010
A bobéche is a glass collar on a candle socket that catches wax drippings. Bobéches are often equipped with small metal pins to hold suspended glass prisms or crystals from candlesticks and chandeliers. The pins can also be used to swag strands of crystals from arm to arm of a chandelier.
In the days before electricity, the bobéche was not only decorative, it was functional as well — the collar would catch wax and prevent it from falling down and burning carpets, furniture and even unsuspecting people (yeouch)
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by DesignBabylon on 10 August 2009
I admit it, I’m totally addicted to scented candles. Diptyque stole my heart with its Baies and Mouget candles and now I am totally smitten with candles from Agraria.
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