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On View In:
Gallery 337
Artist:   English or Irish  
Title:   Eight-armed chandelier  
Date:   late 18th century  
Medium:   Glass with metal central fixture  
Credit Line:   Gift of James F. and Louise H. Bell in memory of James S. and Sallie M. Bell  
Location:   Gallery 337  


Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:    
Classification:   Glass (Do Not Use)  
Physical Description:   Eight-armed chandelier with original hurricane shades. Shaft carved with pineapple cutting; dished bobeches hung with cut pear drops. Top of baluster shaft finished with domed piece of flat cut glass with pear drops; bottom with a finial. Arms and hurricane shades rendered pale violet in tone through action of Sun. Metal core of fixture silvered.  
Creation Place:   Europe, England or Ireland, , ,  
Accession #:   40.6  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts  

 


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