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Chandelier

ca. 1845
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 733
This chandelier with four burners and an urn-shaped oil reservoir is one of the few surviving examples documented to a New York retailer. Thomas Webster illustrates a closely related example, which he calls a "suspended Argand lamp," in his "Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy" (1845), describing "the chains very ornamental, and the branches concealed by very rich brass work."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chandelier
  • Maker: Clark, Coit and Cargill
  • Date: ca. 1845
  • Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H. 51 in. (129.5 cm); Diam. 35 in. (88.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.199a–h
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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