design for Barbizon Hotel chandelier - Edward F. Caldwell and Co
Design for a chandelier, on display as part of the "Jazz Age" exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
Edward F. Caldwell & Company (1895-1959) was one of the pre-eminent lighting design firms of the first half of the 20th century. The actual designer(s) of this fixture are not known.
This particular design was commissioned by architect Laurence Emmons, who was active in the 1920s and 1930s. The fixture was part of his work in 1930 designing the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel in New York City.
It is a modernized version of a Regency Style chandelier. Regency style (known as Federal Style in the United States and French Empire Style in France) was a design common during the Regency era in the early 19th century.
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design for Barbizon Hotel chandelier - Edward F. Caldwell and Co
Design for a chandelier, on display as part of the "Jazz Age" exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
Edward F. Caldwell & Company (1895-1959) was one of the pre-eminent lighting design firms of the first half of the 20th century. The actual designer(s) of this fixture are not known.
This particular design was commissioned by architect Laurence Emmons, who was active in the 1920s and 1930s. The fixture was part of his work in 1930 designing the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel in New York City.
It is a modernized version of a Regency Style chandelier. Regency style (known as Federal Style in the United States and French Empire Style in France) was a design common during the Regency era in the early 19th century.
#CMAJazzAge