Dutch Renaissance Twelve-Light Two-Tier Chandelier

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A two-tiered brass chandelier with twelve scrolled arms arranged around a turned baluster stem, consisting of numerous profiled elements with rings between which three large decorative elements are featured. At the top a mushroom, in the middle a vase shape and a globe terminating in a turned finial at the bottom. The beautifully curved arms are attached to the rings between the profiled elements. These are decorated with scrolls curling up and downwards. The arms with vase-shaped nozzles with decorative bands and circular drip pans.

During the seventeenth century, a new type of lighting was developed in the Low Countries: the tiered, spherical brass chandelier with a richly profiled stem terminating in a turned drop finial. The exquisitely scrolled arms sprouted, in one or more tiers, from the stem.
These ‘bolkronen’ are frequently depicted in seventeenth-century paintings and thereby give the impression that they were common in virtually every household. However, research into inventories has shown that these chandeliers were not very customary in everyday homes. They were more likely to be found in the elegant houses of the wealthy elite where the chandeliers were a coveted feature of the furnishings, due to their rich play of light and reflection.

Name
Dutch Renaissance Twelve-Light Two-Tier Chandelier
Categories
Decorative Arts Lighting Chandeliers & Pendants
Periods
17th Century ca. 1675 Antique
Materials
brass
Styles
Renaissance
Measurements
Height: 80 cm, Diameter: 84 cm
Reference
KOLA100498

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