"Gilded Bronze & Steel Blue Empire Style Chandelier "
A gilt bronze Empire style chandelier. The dome-shaped central part is steel blue, decorated with two circles of gilded stars — evoking the heavens and the night by analogy with the object's function — and a pinecone finial. Its eight arms take the form of coiled acanthus leaves. The ceiling rose is decorated with seven large acanthus leaves to which the four chains are attached.
Ca. 1950