Pair of Tall Candlesticks from Nambé Mills, Santa Fe

1. This tall and elegant pair of Nambé candlesticks is labeled Nambe 597. They were cast when Nambé was casting its works in New Mexico, but now they are being cast in Asia.

Nambé is a range of Mid-century modern metal tableware and cookware, with the luster of silver and the solidity of iron, an eight-metal alloy whose major component is aluminum and that retains both hot and cold temperatures. It was originally and exclusively produced by Nambé Mills, Inc. a company founded in 1951 near Nambé Pueblo, some 10 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. A British Company purchased Nambé Mills in 2019.

Nambé Ware items are included in the permanent collection of the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Chicago Athenaeum, the International Museum of Design, and the Center for Modern Art, Prague.

Condition: very good condition with minor scratches.

Provenance: this Pair of Tall Candlesticks from Nambé Mills, Santa Fe is from the collection of a Santa Fe resident who acquired the pair in 2003.