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ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
DepartmentHistoric House
Chandelier
Maker
Edward F. Caldwell & Company
(1895 - 1959)
Date1917
Mediumwrought iron, enameled and gilded, and glass
DimensionsOverall (with chain): 154 3/4 × 39 × 39 in. (393.1 × 99.1 × 99.1 cm)
Overall (without chain): 85 3/4 × 39 × 39 in. (217.8 × 99.1 × 99.1 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.120
DescriptionThe Reception Room's large chandelier is suspended from the second floor ceiling. Made of wrought iron that has been enameled and gilded as well as colorless and colored glass, the device consists of a central torch with large globular glass bulb and thirteen candle lights with paper shades (now reproductions) arranged in two tiers of scrolled arms ornamented with gilded acanthus leaves. Pendant amethyst and amber glass fruits hang from the candle lights and are united by swags of facet-cut beaded glass chains. Clusters of polychromed wrought iron flowers are set into the torch. A large gilded cast iron tassel marks the bottom of the chandelier.ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Status
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