. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The Hsind-Candleatick. Plate 216. 24* 372 METAL Plate 217. The Candle-Bracket. The Candle-Bracket. — The Pendant-Lami). — The Chandelier. 373 8. Modern, (Gewerbehalle). 9. Modern, wrouarht-iron. The Pendant-Lamp. (Plate 218.) , Both aesthetic reasons, and the danger of being knocked-over towhich upright candlesticks are subject, led in early times to the con-struction of Pendant-lamps. In addition to the small bronze lamps, whichcould be used
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. The Hsind-Candleatick. Plate 216. 24* 372 METAL Plate 217. The Candle-Bracket. The Candle-Bracket. — The Pendant-Lami). — The Chandelier. 373 8. Modern, (Gewerbehalle). 9. Modern, wrouarht-iron. The Pendant-Lamp. (Plate 218.) , Both aesthetic reasons, and the danger of being knocked-over towhich upright candlesticks are subject, led in early times to the con-struction of Pendant-lamps. In addition to the small bronze lamps, whichcould be used both standing or hanging, the Antique offers us Lampswhich could be used only for suspension. The latter form is still com-mon in the East (compare Plate 187. 13), and in the West in Christianand Jewish ritual. The introduction, of Paraffin, Gas, and the Electriclight, has afforded plentiful opportunities of giving an artistic formto Hanging-lamps. The spherical globes of ground glass lend them-selves especially to such treatment, (figs. 4, 5, 6). Box-shaped hold-ers, either open or closed by panes of glass, are termed lanterns, for illumination in the open air, are general
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