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CHANDELIER

Creator(s): Perry & Company (Attributed to)

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

The chandelier has an urn and bowl post with domed effect at top. There are two tiers of brackets. The upper one has seven spires on brackets in thin pointed pyramid shapes. The lower one has 14 electrified s-shaped candle brackets. The brackets are in glass with a criss-cross cut design, and bead garlands stretch between the brackets to circle the chandelier. Tear drop pendants hang from the brackets, there is a bead cluster on the base with an acorn from the center pendant.

Object name:
CHANDELIER
Made from:
Glass -- metal
Made in:
England
Date made:
ca. 1830
Size:
152.4 cm (60 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
14.168
Class:
METAL
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973