Sphere Chandelier

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Object Name: 
Chandelier
Title: 
Sphere Chandelier
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czech Republic, Novy Bor
Accession Number: 
2015.3.27
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam (max): about 83 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
2015
Primary Description: 
"Candy" Sphere Chandelier. Opal and colorless glasses, mold-blown and cased with green, yellow, blue, orange, purple, red, blue-green, gray, pink, and brown hot-applied glass cane. Spherical chandelier made of numerous flat-bottomed, conical elements attached to brass fittings and electrified. Custom-made G4 LED snake model bulbs are specified for the chandelier, which will be wired to U.S. specifications (UL certified).

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Series: 
Candy Collection
Provenance: 
Industry Gallery, Source
2015
to
2015-12-31
Color: 
colorless
white
green
yellow
blue
orange
purple
red
bluish green
gray
pink
brown
Technique: 
cased glass
mold-blowing
applied decoration
assembling
Material: 
glass
brass
electric wiring
Inscription: 
M16
inscription
: 
Stamped (-1) on side of top shaft of bronze sphere
Copyright: 
© Lasvit

Publications (5)

Acquisitions (2016) illustrated, p. 53 #37; BIB# AI101418
Recent Acquisitions: Sphere Chandelier, Candy Collection -- Fernando Campana, Humberto Campana (2016) illustrated, p. 15 (left); BIB# AI101643
Recent Important Acquisitions (2016) illustrated, p. 103; BIB# AI101517
Campana brothers deliciously create candy + fungo lighting for lasvit (2015-06-24) illustrated
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2015 (2015) illustrated, p. 24; BIB# 706294