Chandelier, from a secretary's office of the Scheepvaarthuis (Shipping Building), Amsterdam

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Chandelier, from a secretary's office of the Scheepvaarthuis (Shipping Building), Amsterdam
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  • Title :     Chandelier, from a secretary's office of the Scheepvaarthuis (Shipping Building), Amsterdam
  • Artist:     Michel de Klerk Designer H.J. Winkelman & Van der Bijl Manufacturer, attributed
  • Accession:     TD1989.328.16
  • Country:     Netherlands Amsterdam
  • Date:     circa 1915
  • Dimensions:     Inches 58 23-1/2 22, Centimeters 147.3 59.7 55.9
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Industrial Design
  • Collection Theme:     Modernism
  • Subject:     Lighting/Lighting Design , Interior Decoration , Metal/Metal Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1989.328.16.JPG
  • Tags:     Industrial Design~Modernism
Description:
An iron and glass hanging chandelier with a six branched-arm lights at the octagonal shaped base and at the bottom a dome light covered in a octagonal shape type glass shade; the chandelier is designed with a decorative emphasis on the wrought iron with claw-like ornamentation.