See also:

• GIRANDOLE (from the Ital. girandola)

GIRANDOLE (from the Ital. girandola)  , an ornamental branched See also:

• CANDLESTICK

candlestick of several See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights . It came into use about the second See also:

• HALF

half of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and was commonly made and used in pairs . It has always been, comparatively speaking, a luxurious appliance for See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting, and in the See also:

• GREAT

great 18th-century See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house decoration the famous ciseleurs designed some exceedingly beautiful examples . A great variety of metals has been used for the purpose—sometimes, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the candlestick, girandoles have been made in hard See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods . Gilded See also:

• BRONZE

bronze has been a very frequent See also:

• MEDIUM

medium, but for table purposes See also:

• SILVER

silver is still the favourite material .