Chandelier

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chandelier

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.219

Description

Chandelier, six light: six s-curved arms, of foliate broken scroll design, bear shelves and sockets, and terminate at bottom in projections of vaguely zoomorphic character; center of chandelier shaped in baluster and urn forms, with spread-wing bird finial; suspended from links of 18th century brass chain.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1734 - 1767 Date made: r. 1734 - 1767

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

18 in

Width

32 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 18 x 32 in. (45.7 x 81.3 cm)

Material

brass

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Wired in 1959.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Dining Room