New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Hydrangea-Design Chandelier

Manufacturer Jacques Gruber

Manufacturer Verrerie de Nancy

Manufacturer Louis Majorelle (French, 1859-1926)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1905

MediumLead glass | Bronze

DimensionsOverall: 31 1/2 x 28 in. (80 x 71.1 cm)

InscribedEach shade is engraved and gilded at edge: "DAUM=NANCY" [with a / through the = sign].

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number72.55

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8

DescriptionThis is a chandelier made of leaded glass with a stylized hydrangea design. It is acid-cut and is green over opalescent blossoms, surrounded by enameled leaf outlines on light green-blue "drapery" glass. It has three vertical, triangular shaped arms which hold a matching round, horizontal disc. Suspended from the arms above the disc are seven light fixtures, two from each arm while a larger one is suspended from the central arm, each with a blown, mottled green and opalescent fluted glass shade.

Label TextJacques Gruber French (1870-1936) Louis Majorelle, Designer French (1859-1926) Verrerie de Nancy, Manufacturer Nancy, France Hydrangea-Design Chandelier, ca. 1905 Lead glass and bronze Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 72.55 Published ReferencesMerrill, Nancy O. _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1989) 63, 195. Chrysler Museum NEWSLETTER, Nov. 1972, ill. Catalog of LE SALON DES INDUSTRIES DU MOBILIER EXPOSITION, 1905, pl. 5.