Six branch gilt and cut glass Regency Chandelier
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Six branch gilt and cut glass Regency Chandelier
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Six branch gilt and cut glass Regency Chandelier:
with fruit frieze, three ladies’ masks and scrolling leaf decoration;
suspended on three ornamental chains from top leafy boss;
dressed with a ‘basket’ of hexagonal cut glass prisms and icicle
pendants, with long racemes from the top boss.
Circa 1820 and restored.
| Height: | 34" | - | 86.0cm |
| Width: | 26½" | - | 67.0cm |
Glossary Words
Regency
Named after the Prince Regent, later George IV, circa 1810 to 1830, the term is also used more widely to describe the prevailing English neo-classical style between the 1790s and 1840. In lighting, they used multiple cut-glass prisms to achieve as many reflections as possible such as 'double-stars' and 'icicles'. Two chandelier designs typical of this period are the colza oil dish light and the balloon-shaped chandelier with graduated chains of prisms.
