Candlewood Suites. Candlewood Suites is a brand name applied to hotels within the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Candlewood Suites facility in Irving, Texas. History. The Candlewood Suites chain was started in 1995 by Jack Deboer, founder of the Residence Inn and co-founder of the Summerfield Suites chain. The first hotel was built on North Webb Road in Wichita, KS and opened in 1996.
Real pewter is a metal alloy comprised mostly of tin and small amounts of antimony and copper or silver. Often used to make flatware, tableware, picture frames, candleholders and vases, pewter is also a favored gray paint color for walls.
Pewter is an alloy that is made almost entirely from pure tin. Only in Italy and Great Britain did a special word for pewter emerge: elsewhere, as in Germany and France, the alloy does not have its proper term, but it is simply called tin, that is Zinn and Etain respectively.he earliest known example of pewterware was found in a grave at Abydos and can be ascribed to the period 1350 â 1580 BC. It is a flask-shaped utensil with hinged lid and two handles, and when analysed was found to be comparable with early 19 th century pewter.