Chandelier

British

The Bowes Museum

1830

This 42-light chandelier is of cut glass mounted on a gilt brass frame. The cut drops are either of facetted pear or octagonal shape. From a gilt metal finial a shower of drops falls to the tier of lights, which are arranged in four groups on scrolling branches. Below the lights sit two tiers of pear-shaped drops.

• Medium: glass
• Art Fund Grant: £200 ( Total: £400)
• ArtFunded in: 1959
• Vendor: F M Ellis

Provenance

Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire.

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