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Chandelier
Chandelier

Chandelier

about 1730
Place of OriginEngland
Medium/TechniqueGlass, iron rod, silvered bronze
DimensionsOverall: 96.5 x 96.5 cm (38 x 38 in.)
Mount (3/16" thick stainless steel chain ): 274.4 x 0.5 cm (9 ft., 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously and by exchange from the Gift of Mrs. Frederick T. Bradbury, Harriet J. Bradbury Fund, Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, Gift of Paul and Helen Bernat, Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes, Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, Gift of Eben Howard Gay, Given in memory of Dr. William Hewson Baltzell by his wife Alice Cheney Baltzell, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. MacNichol, and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. de Forest Thomson
Accession number2003.64
On View
On view
ClassificationsGlass
Collections
ProvenanceAlmost certainly in English private collections since the date of manufacture. Sold from a private collection, England, to Mallet & Son Antiques, Ltd., London, UK; 2003, sold by Mallet & Son to the MFA. (Accession date: February 26, 2003)