to change the lighting of the object
Gas chandelier
Category Lighting
Subcategory Chandeliers
Year of manufacture/creation early 20th century
Place of manufacture/creation Germany
Size
Height: 105 cm
Width: 60 cm
Length: 60 cm
Weight: 22.10 kg
Material steel, brass, ceramics, crystal shades, gas mantle
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1992
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
Perhaps this is why this chandelier was decorated with crystals resembling icicles. Each of its burners had a separate valve, so it was possible to accurately adjust the illumination level. This made it possible to create the right atmosphere in one Wrocław drawing room, where this gas chandelier once hung.
The owners of this item decided, however, to keep pace with the times, and replaced it with an electric chandelier. After it was acquired for the museum’s collection, the exhibit was restored and regained its original gas-lit splendour.
