/internal/media/dispatcher/920645/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChandelierabout 1810Overall: 109 x 68 cm (42 15/16 x 26 3/4 in.)
Mount (3/16" thick stainless steel chain ): 274.4 x 0.5 cm (9 ft., 3/16 in.)Glass and gilt bronzeMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from a Gift of Doctors Elliott P. Joslin, Allen P. Joslin, and Priscilla White, Bequest of Charles Cobb Walker and with funds donated by Horace Wood Brock2005.940In the 1790s English glass chandeliers adopted a new “tent,” or tapering, form made up entirely of linked glass drops. As on this example, the drops increase in size as the tent falls and spreads, so that there are no voids. All the drops and pendants on these chandeliers were lapidary cut, using rotating cutting wheels, rather than being molded or blown. The enormous expense of the chandeliers and the brilliance of the light reflected from their faceted drops made them the most striking features of early nineteenth-century English interiors.Tools and equipment109.0000000000274.390243902445988401