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Culture:American
Title:chandelier
Date Made:19th century
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:base metal: tinned sheet iron
Place Made:United States
Measurements:overall: 25 in.; 63.5 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.0640
Credit Line:Transfer from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, bequest of C. Alice Baker
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Tin chandelier with a cone or funnel-shaped center suspended from the ceiling by a chain, and 12 dropping arms, soldered to the cone, with crimped candle cups at the ends, which are sodered to the arms. According to Miss Emma Lewis Coleman (1853-1942), it came from a Vermont tavern through an antique dealer in Conway.

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