Chandelier
Category
Metalwork
Date
1811 - 1820
Materials
Bronze, Glass
Measurements
810 mm (Width)
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Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 959843
Summary
Regency bronze chandelier of antique design, cast with anthemions with six lights and flambeau shades, hung from chains.
Full description
Probably supplied by J.G.Litchfield of Bruton Street, London to Charles Winn around the time the Top Hall was redecorated in 1819-21 by Thomas Ward. Originally fuelled with colza oil, they were converted to electricity c.1892. The original globular glass shades were replaced with the present flambeau shades in 1951.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust in lieu of tax, 1986.