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GIRANDOLE (from the Ital. girandola)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 44 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GIRANDOLE (from the Ital. girandola) , an ornamental branched See also:candlestick of several See also:lights. It came into use about the second See also:half of the 17th See also:century, and was commonly made and used in pairs. It has always been, comparatively speaking, a luxurious appliance for See also:lighting, and in the See also:great 18th-century See also:period of See also:French See also: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 of the candlestick, girandoles have been made in hard See also:woods. Gilded See also:bronze has been a very frequent See also:medium, but for table purposes See also:silver is still the favourite material.

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