tallow candles
Animal-grease illumination sticks
Tallow candles are candles made from rendered animal fat, typically beef or mutton.
Before petroleum-based paraffin and beeswax became standard, tallow was the cheapest and most common candle material.
Tallow candles burned with a dimmer, smokier flame and produced a distinctive odor: The room smelled of tallow candles and woodsmoke.
- wickFuel-drawing cord
- chandlerMaker of tapers
- dippingBrief immersion action
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- animal fatLipids from fauna
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