Here are some of the 15cm medium candlesticks available at Abrahams Store. With tapered sides they accept candles that are between 20 and 22mm wide (around 3/4″). Each candlestick is in a shade established by the British Colour Standard in the 1930s.
See our range of tall (25cm) candlesticks available at Abrahams Store, here.
A BIT OF COLOURFUL HISTORY
The colours offered by British Colour Standard are derived from those established by the British Colour Council. The BCC acted in an industrial oversight capacity, ran the British Colour Education Institute and published works on colour.
Established in 1931 by Robert Francis Wilson the BCC’s Dictionary of Colour Standards was published in 1934. The objective was to bring together different shades across the spectum that were frequently in use and catalogue them.
There are many colours that we view as being iconically British; as soon as I mention a name, you know the colour I am talking about. For example pillar box red, battleship grey or pea green; at a stretch maybe you can recall GPO Yellow.
Originally the intention use was to provide governance in the textile dying industry.
However the BCCs colours became recognised standards by Government, British Army and organisations like the Royal Horticultural Accociations.
378 colours feature in the 1949 Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration, each represented on gloss, matt and pile surfaces.
By the 1960s The British Standards Institute (of “Kitemark” fame) had effectivley taken over colour standards and the work of the BCC was done.
That said, I wouldn’t want it to appear that BSI simply took over the work of the BCC. That wasn’t the case as the BSI had been setting colour standards themselves since before BCC was established.
You can learn more about British Standard Colours here.
