Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chandelier
Object Number:
N84.12.1a-g
Date:
1899-1920
Medium:
Bronze, Favrile glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 28 in. ( 91.4 x 71.1 cm )
Part (a): 14 × 6 in. (35.6 × 15.2 cm)
Each (b-g): 4 in. × 7 1/2 in. (10.2
Marks:
etched: on flange of miniature shades: "L. C. T. Favrile"
Description:
Bronze and Favrile glass "golden ball" chandelier; circular bronze ceiling fixture with central hanging pipe (N84.12.2) from which is suspended a dome-shaped gold shade (a); six miniature bulbous paneled shades (b-g) are suspended from metal tubing around the perimeter; each shade flanked by gilded chain with three brass balls, with swag of similar chain connecting vertical chains. Shades are adaptations.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
