The Netherlands becomes known in the eighteenth…
1720 CE to 1731 CE
The Netherlands becomes known in the eighteenth century for its brass chandeliers, which have a boldly shaped baluster stem terminating in a large, burnished, reflecting sphere; from the stem springs S-shaped branches ending in sockets.
Fine chandeliers in silver and carved and gilded wood are made during the eighteenth century in England and France.
The earliest English glass chandeliers date from the 1720s and are of plain design with a ball at the base.
They will eventually become very elaborate, with glass icicles around the shaft and long cascades of pear-shaped drops.
On the European continent, the finest chandeliers are usually of rock crystal, but many glass chandeliers are made in Venice and Bohemia in the eighteenth century.
Venetian chandeliers are known for their multicolored glass and floral ornament.