Old English furniture and its surroundings, from the restoration to the regency (1920)
Percival, MacIver · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 69
le to be desired,but the illumination can never have been very brilliant. Thechief source of light was candles set in candlesticks, sconcesor branches (as we should now say, chandeliers). Themost usual materials for these were brass and pewter, thoughsilver was beginning to come into use, and wood… … IS- Brass Candlestick,Charles II. heavy for its size. There is no removablenozzle, so the burnt-out candle end oftenhad to be picked or melted out, thoughsometimes a bolt was provided to pushit out v^ith. Pewter sticks of this periodare rarer now than brass ones, as theywere easily injured, and…
Furniture · Interior decoration
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