Bold Striped Dinner Candles | Set of 4

Matching is overrated. Getting along is considerably more useful.

British Colour Standard takes a warm mix of reds, pinks, corals, creams, and whatever delightful territory exists between them and stacks the colors into four striped candles that belong together without looking exactly alike. Each one is hand-poured layer by layer, so the set has the loose coordination of things collected over time rather than four identical objects that arrived in a box. Put them together on a dinner table, spread them across a mantel, or mix them among candleholders you already own. They look excellent unlit and even better once the flames get involved. And with around eight hours of burn time, they'll survive considerably more dinners than most conversations about what everyone is watching.

The Details:

• Set of 4 striped dinner candles
• Tonal palette of British Colour Standard reds + pinks
• Hand-poured layer by layer by artisans in Indonesia
• Fair Trade made
• 25 cm / approx. 10" tall
• Approx. 8-hour burn time
• Tall, clean-burning flame
• Non-drip
• 100% vegetable-origin stearin wax
• Pure cotton, lead- and metal-free wick
• Ecological color dyes
• Paraffin-free
• No animal-derived ingredients
• Handmade construction means slight variations may occur
• Best burned for up to 4 hours at a time
• Leave approximately 10 cm between candles while burning

About the Brand:  Britsh Colour Standard

British Colour Standard has built an entire design world around the radical proposition that everyday objects don't have to be visually apologetic. It started when founders Jackie Piper and Victoria Whitbread discovered an original 1930s British Colour Standard dictionary tucked away in an Oxfam shop and decided its wonderfully specific archive of historic colors deserved another life. Today, those rediscovered shades appear across candles, tableware, textiles, and objects for the home, with an emphasis on thoughtful materials, Fair Trade craftsmanship, and responsible production. It's part design archive, part color obsession, and a pretty convincing argument that progress occasionally looks like finding something old and realizing we shouldn't have forgotten it.