Luxury Venetian Chandelier – Looking at Its Glorious History and Current Status A Venetian chandelier, also known as Murano glass chandelier, unquestionably symbolizes magnificence, luxury and status of the highest level. Since its origin in the seventeenth century, this masterpiece has been fascinating our hearts in limitless shapes and patterns. In this blog post, we’ll provide an overview of its history and transition to present times.
The phrase chandelier has its origin in the Latin word candela denoting candle and then in the French word chandelabre in the 10th century. The earliest chandeliers primarily featured a wooden cross to secure candles on it and were suspended to an appropriate height using a chain or rope. Then came the era of wood or metal chandeliers consisting of an ancient column shape with support at the center and elongated arms with drop-shaped pendants and curved facets. In the 17 th century, glass took the place of wood and metal because of its superior light refraction property.