Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chandelier
Object Number:
N84.6.1a-e
Date:
ca. 1895
Medium:
Bronze, Favrile glass
Dimensions:
Overall (height, diameter): 18 × 13 in. (45.7 × 33 cm)
Marks:
etched inside shades: "L.C.T."
Description:
Favrile glass chandelier with five small shades (a-e), pinched near aperture. Shades hang from lower rim of Moorish-style, five-socket bronze fixture (N84.6.2a) that has 30 bronze chains of varying lengths made up of circular links and ending in bronze balls hanging from lower edge of main ring.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
