The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24

revive them. even in Gothic castles. At
St Donat's however, which is furnished
with early furniture the hall is liz by
reproductions of this pattern, carrying
not actual candles. but electric light
The metal corona. as II Is called, -
the next step, and this is more prom
lnont in churches. always more conser-
vative than private houses: and the
great corona tor scvcnty-two candles
sin hangs in Hldeshcim Cathedral
where it was placed in the eleventh cen
Jury. The corona. as is name Implies
is ring. and contains sockets for hold
ing lights. In the fourteenth century
iron chandeliers or branches were or
dered to tc fixed to the piers of the
Kings hail at oxford Winchester and
uthcr PAGES. We must jump many in
tcrvcn.ng centuries To come to a variety
Of chandelier which is s,ill suspended
and in use; and Of he bulb shaped type
with curved branches or arms in brass
and latte. there are many survIvais in
English ,hurl hes. and a smaller proper
ton .l English houses These originated
apparently - the Low Countries, for
they of,cn appear in Dutch and Flemish
pic urCs of the late sixteenth century
and onward. while they do not appear
So early in England. Dr. Cox in his
CHHrch Furniture attr.1uting them toI
the carly eighteenth century, The Eng
fish dated examples are certainly not
later than The early years Of that CEN
fury. when we have a good example at
st. Helen. Abingdon u7lO, at Kings
clere, and Whitchurch G1l3), but II
seems highly probable that such useful
I objects were imported from the Low
Countries before that date.
Three extremely fine Dutch chande-
liers hang i'm the board room of the
Royal Insurance Company at Liverpool
which carry the arms of the city oil
Utrecht in their design. These are very
elaborate; the candle branches are ar
ranged in three tiers, the stem ends in
a large globe The arms of Utrecht
surmount the upper portion Of the stem
but the globe is tho more usual position
for recording the name and arms Of
the donor and the datc Before the
Gothic" restoration of churches these
brass chandeliers Onown as spiders
for some unaccountable reason) were
very widespread, but many were then
elected by the zeal Of the restorcrs.
Certainly some waits and strays from
churches have found their way into the
lClOIld anu Adult AluStullls Hutll IL
the chandelier. dated 1882, from st, Mar
| tins Church, Stanford and another eX-
ample from 81. Mary's, Newmarket
In Penrith Church two fine gilt cham
delicrs are memorials of Prince Charles
Edwards i'll fatcd invasion of the 4j.
| They tell us that they We're bought with
the fifty guineas given by the Duke of
| Portland to the tenant of the Manor
Of PCnrith. who was associated in de-
| fence OF the town against the rebels
Exactly similar were the brass chande-
! liers which were hung in houses of the
eighteenth century: and The interesting
dolls house at Uppark, dating from
| about 1920, has a miniature brass chan
delier of this type in the dining room
| supplemented by candle branches at
tached along the chlmneypicce chat
very favorite pOsition), while glass
! shades are hung above them to prevent
! the blackening Of the ceiling. when
wired for electric light they can still
| he used with good effect especially in
| the scYerer rooms such as the long
| gallery or the hall where their polished
! brass or lattcn bulb Cfttcd with n ring
which was to draw it down when cam
| dies were used and their gracefully
, curved branches are very effective.
! In palaces and great houses a varia-
tion ON this simple type was made by
/ giving the stem "A different shape to the
monotonous globe and the simple $
shaped branches. At Hampton Court
/ are two chandeliers in the French style.
| one Of silver, the other Of silver gilt,
/ which show the possibilities or enrich
ment and transformation of the
spider II was tine period when
| French fashions were closely studied
| and followed In England; and the Eng
lsh carved wooden chandeliers. and also