How To Choose A Chandelier?

When you think of chandeliers, you might envision an upside-down wedding cake structure of crystals and candles, or you might think of a wagon wheel with frontier-style lanterns suspended from it. Neither idea would be wrong.

A chandelier was and is a means of placing light where it is needed. In times past, candles or torches could be placed in sconces on a wall or in holders on a table. Neither solution was especially effective. But by placing the candles in a holder suspended from the ceiling, light could shine down from above, helping dispel some of the shadows that would otherwise be inevitable.

Candles and torches were eventually replaced with gas lights and then with electric lamps. Electric bulbs for all sorts of lighting fixtures are now available. Electrical lighting has made possible many different designs for ceiling lighting in general and for chandeliers in particular.