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Chandelier

18th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 958
The chandelier has two series of eight S-shaped branches around a baluster stem resting on a massive globe. The branches and shaft have been correspondingly numbered from one to eight with a system of small bars arranged in two horizontal rows around the two central discs of the baluster. One of the attachment-pegs has been replaced. The slender, baluster-shaped pegs and the acorn-shaped finials are characteristics of a number of eighteenth-century chandeliers from Rotterdam.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chandelier
  • Date: 18th century
  • Culture: Netherlandish, (Rotterdam?)
  • Medium: Brass
  • Dimensions: H. 116.5 cm
  • Classification: Metalwork
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1444
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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