Kem Weber was a leading proponent of modern design in California. These candelabra reveal Weber’s familiarity with central European design, in particular the products of Austria’s Wiener Werkstätte. Using a limited vocabulary of overlapping leaves and repeated shapes, Weber created a spare, slightly asymmetrical composition that recalls the textile designs of Dagobert Peche and other Werkstätte artists. The candelabra were fabricated by the metalsmith Porter Blanchard who, like Weber, lived and worked in Los Angeles. Weber and Blanchard collaborated on a limited range of modernistic pewter decorative items, including these candelabra, a centerpiece bowl, and a tray. These pieces were included in a 1928 exhibition of Weber's furniture held at the Rike-Kumler department store in Dayton, Ohio.