![]() ![]() It is 20 inches in diameter and costs $5,100 at Joan Sherman Decorative Arts, (212) 387-0866 by appointment.Ħ. The Hemisphere chandelier (right), also of bronze twigs, has strands of cut leaded crystal glass. A chandelier that is 18 inches in diameter and 21 inches high costs $7,750. The teardrops are Bavarian rock and smoky quartz crystals. The bronze branches of the Branch chandelier (left) by Joan Sherman are cast from willow branches. It is 26 inches in diameter and 20 inches high $1,500 at ABC Carpet & Home, 888 Broadway (19th Street).ĥ. A new Italian chandelier of Murano glass on a gold-leaf frame echoes a 1920's design. Murano glass prisms hang from the frame on a 1950's Italian design $450 at Panorama Galleries, 123 Fourth Avenue (12th Street).Ĥ. A beautifully designed crystal-glass chandelier made in Austria around 1900 in the style of the Vienna Secession is $12,000 from Rita Bucheit Ltd., a Chicago dealer (312) 527-4080.ģ. It is 21 inches wide and 39 inches long and takes low-voltage halogen bulbs $6,200 from Artemide (516) 694-9292 for orders or locations.Ģ. The Aulide-55 is a modern chrome-frame chandelier with leaded-glass beads and green glass teardrops. ''What you want to get from a chandelier is a sense of shimmer and romance,'' he said.ġ. Vicente Wolfe, a New York designer, suggests buying an old piece ''with patina'' or an unusual new one. The best crystal glass has long come from Ireland, France and what is now the Czech Republic. The lead's grayish color, sought after in chandeliers, produces prismatic effects in cut and faceted glass. Yet, it is the leaded glass that is called crystal, or crystal glass. Most sparkly chandeliers are made of highly leaded manufactured glass, not natural rock crystal. He suggests decorating from the ceiling fixture down. ''A chandelier can set the tone for the whole room,'' said William Papp, of Florian Papp, an antiques dealer in Manhattan. ANYONE who has walked into a room and looked up at a dazzling chandelier knows the statement it makes.
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