# Chandelier

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1750 - c. 1770
- Medium: gilding (material), wood (plant material), linden
- Classification: lighting device
- Dimensions: height 99 cm x diameter 114 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-16035--da10eab6ffcaad15ac78e79c76b0b54b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/EQijP/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The woodcarver who made this chandelier gave free rein to his penchant for fanciful shapes. The form of the canopy and the ornamentation bring to mind rocks, waves, water, plants and other natural phenomena. This asymmetrical, seemingly weightless object is a textbook example of the Rococo style.