Chandelier

This gilt wooden chandelier was fashioned in the baroque style much popularized in Holland and England by French Huguenot designer Daniel Marot. Immensely talented, Marot designed rooms, furniture, upholstery, and gardens for the elite, including England’s King William III and Queen Mary. He also published his designs, including several for chandeliers. Marot’s decorative schemes, while ornate, were restrained and precise as compared with later rococo works.

This chandelier combines orderly carved foliage with human faces cast in pewter. Its brilliant gold surfaces would have sparkled in sunlight during the day and reflected candlelight at night.

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