The Chandelier Blog

icWales:

A GEORGE III cut glass chandelier with a history that echoes one of the most celebrated scenes in TV comedy Only Fools and Horses has been restored to its full glittering glory.

The chandelier, hanging at the National Trust property Erddig, near Wrexham, features jewel-like beads and fruit and icicle drops that have undergone specialist cleaning and buffing.

But the decorative lighting still bears the marks of damage sustained in an incident evocative of the famous small screen scene when Rodney, Del Boy and Grandad were hired to clean two priceless Louis XIV chandeliers.

Grandad loosens one of the chandeliers while Del and Rodders stand expectantly under the other with a blanket, hoping to catch it. When the antique goes crashing to the ground the three quickly realise they’ve failed to co-ordinate their efforts. It was a similar incident that left Erddig’s chandelier badly damaged.

Victoria Witty, assistant house steward at Erddig, says, “It was dropped by the butler, in true Only Fools and Horses style, in 1903 whilst he was cleaning it.”

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Turks.US Daily:

If you hear the word lighting fixture, what is the first thing that comes up to your mind? I would say crystal chandeliers. Since, crystal chandeliers are well-known sophisticated and attractive lightning that you can put in a home.

Through the 15th century crystal chandeliers are said to be a popular decorative designs for the homes and other commercial establishments. Sometimes crystal chandeliers are said to determine your way of living in the society.

The use of crystal chandeliers started many decades ago. We usually see crystal chandeliers hanging in our living rooms, dining areas and hallways. As time pass by, the use of crystal chandeliers started to bloom. Almost everyone wish to own or have a crystal chandelier. Others spend hundreds of thousands of money just to buy a crystal chandelier.

Nowadays crystal chandeliers are also use as a decoration for the bedrooms. It is said that a crystal chandelier can help in making a room look more beautiful. Crystal chandeliers give a different look into a room because of the magical colors from its lightings.

Other interior designers said that crystal chandeliers can be turn into a modern look that will make them add more distinguishable effects on the color and aura of your rooms.

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Vogue.com:

Swarovski is teaming up with Philip Treacy and other top designers at this year’s Salone Internationale del Mobile exhibition, in Milan.

Fashion and interior designers, including Treacy, Yves Behar, Rosita Missoni, and Stefano Ricci have been challenged to create an innovative take on the chandelier, using Swarovski crystals in their final products.

“Philip has endless imagination,” Nadja Swarovski told us about working alongside the milliner. “His vision and creativity have created magic in the fashion industry as they have allowed him to create aspirational and inspirational sculptures. Not only is he a genius at work but he is a kind, considerate and thoughtful person, which makes it such a pleasure to work with him.”

This year marks the sixth annual showcase and previous creations have used everything from nature to cutting-edge technology as their inspiration. The chandeliers will be on view to the public at Swarovski’s Crystal Palace, Via Savona, Milan, from April 17. For more information, log onto www.swarovskisparkles.com.

Popgadget:

With the Bendant lamp, designer Jaime Salm’s achieved a single energy-saving 20W bulb, surrounded by leaf-like shades that you can style yourself.

The simplicity behind this design really grabs me. Not only does it redefine the chandelier as something chic and sleek that wouldn’t look out of place in a contemporary home, it’s also driven by eco-friendly principles.

The lamp is designed to make the most of standard metal sheet goods, with minimal wastage when its pieces are cut out. It’s made of recycled content which can be further recycled, and also ships flat.

Available for $165 from MIO.

News Lab:

Siberia’s biggest chandelier will appear in Archangel Mikhail Cathedral by Orthodox Easter that will be celebrated April 8 this year. It is planned to finalize the assembling of the chandelier today, Krasnoyarsk Eparchy reported.

The chandelier consists of plenty of candles and hangs down the dome in the center of a church. The chandelier is lit on big holidays and services to symbolize the plenitude of divine light of the open kingdom of heaven, the eparchy explained.

This chandelier was made for a record short period by Sofrino artistic manufacturing enterprise of Russian Orthodox Church. It took the enterprise only two weeks to make the seven-tier chandelier, which is unique, as it is 5.2 meters high and weighs 350 kg, 109 candles are used for the chandelier.

Chandelier:

Anastasia Chandelier is a Rustic chandelier, Rustic chandeliers are a style of chandelier so called because they remind you of the outdoors and have a rugged, country look about them.

Rustic chandeliers can be used in any home to impact a time honored and simple grace that is available with most rustic chandeliers.

Small rustic chandeliers can be used to add simple style and grace to your kitchen or bedroom , Larger one can be perfect for providing splendor and grace to your dining or living rooms.They are the best way to bring the richness and splender of nature to your home.

Dazzling Victorian Chandeliers:

Rinaudos Reproductions has a variety of available Chandeliers, Sconces and other light fixtures representing the Victorian / Edwardian Age.

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The Museum of Costume:

The Assembly Rooms are lit by a set of nine chandeliers, made for the building in 1771. Today they are considered to be one of the finest sets to have survived from the 18th century.

The Bath Season ran from October to June. As the Season spanned the winter months and many activities took place in the evening it was essential to provide good artificial lighting.

Jonathan Collett of London originally provided a set of five chandeliers for the Ballroom when it opened in September 1771. Shortly afterwards the arm of one of the chandeliers fell off - narrowly missing the artist, Thomas Gainsborough, who lived nearby at the time. The Ballroom chandeliers were taken down and a new set was ordered from William Parker of London. Parker had already supplied three chandeliers for the Tea Room.

It was agreed that Jonathan Collett should salvage the rejected set of Ballroom chandeliers and make one large chandelier to hang in the Octagon Room.

The chandeliers in the three rooms are each an average height of eight feet and they are made of Whitefriars crystal from the Whitefriars Glassworks in London.

The chandeliers were originally lit by candles: the Ballroom and Tea Room chandeliers with 40 lights each and the Octagon chandelier with 48 lights. Some time in the 19th century they were fitted for gas and were later converted to electric light.

At the start of the Second World War the chandeliers were put into safe store and escaped destruction when the Assembly Rooms were bombed in 1942. During the extensive refurbishment of the building in 1988-1991 the chandeliers were restored by R. Wilkinson & Sons of London.

The Assembly Rooms are open to view when not in use for booked functions.

It is advisable to check availability in advance. Telephone -44(0)1225 477789. Hours: daily 11.00 – 18.00 (last admission 17.00).

Sound of Water:

Above the dining area of my apartment hangs a five-armed chandelier, which until today held five bare incandescent lightbulbs.

When I moved in, I thought it was the most hideous lighting fixture I had ever seen.

I couldn’t imagine how a functional device could be uglier, more tasteless or, oddly enough, more laugh-out-loud hilarious.

Well, today my superintendent entered all the units in the building and changed the lightbulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs… including the five bulbs in my dining-area chandelier.