Candle Stand

Our candle stand is inspired by an early 19th-century (c. 1800–1830) Shaker example in the American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The original was made in New Lebanon, New York, and reflects the community’s commitment to utility, balance, and disciplined proportion. The small drawer beneath the top was often used to store sewing tools, embodying the Shaker belief that even modest objects should serve daily work. Roseland’s version marks our first collaboration with Jeff Puls, a historically minded craftsman in Ellisville, Missouri. Jeff builds each table in his one-man shop, using a combination of traditional hand processes and machinery, from cherry sourced in Pennsylvania. The candle stand features traditional joinery, including a wedged-tenon stem connection, a rabbeted drawer, and a carefully matched two-stave tabletop. Each piece is hand-finished with purified raw linseed oil grown in California, resulting in a natural, zero-VOC finish. Compact in scale, it can serve as a candle stand, side table, or nightstand. In our view, its distinctive form brings a quiet sense of good humor to whatever space it inhabits. The table ships partially assembled; assembly requires only a rubber mallet and should take less than five minutes.