Girandole

Antique Painted and Gilded Regency Girandole Mirror

If you are going to walk the walk, you should talk the talk.

GIRANDOLE  (“JEER-on-dole”):  Can mean one of 4 things: 1. a very ornamental, branched candlelabra; 2. a similarly ornamental, branched wall sconce, that is often (but not always) backed by a mirror to reflect light; 3. in jewelry, a piece with a central ornament and three similar ornaments or stones hanging from it, most often earrings  (also called chandelier earrings); and 4. a  composition in a radiating form of arrangement, like a pin wheel or  fireworks.

Here is what each looks like:

Candelabra:

19th century French ormolu and cut glass

Russian Ormolu and Blue Glass

Wall sconce, with and without a mirror:

A fine pair of Rococo carved gilt wood cartouche form Girandole two – arm sconce mirrors. Having carved acanthus and bellflowers. England, 18th Century.

Federal-style

Jewelry:

Princess Isabella of Parma (daughter of Philip of Spain, Duke of Parma) wears the 18th century diamond girandole earrings in this portrait. It was painted soon after her marriage to Joseph II in 1760, by Anton Raphael Mengs.

Pair of 19th century opal, emerald and diamond filigree pendant earrings, c.1840. S.J. Phillips Ltd.

Radiating form of arrangement:

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