WHEN I WAS growing up, my mother’s chandelier was her most beloved belonging and the reason my brothers were not allowed in the living room. The chandelier was a nine-armed confection of crystal and ...

ROME (AP) – Experts from a Venetian island famous for its glass-making are trying to save and restore four century-old crystal chandeliers caught up in an earthquake that damaged a town hall in ...

I'm a sucker for old or salvaged materials - from old trim and wavy windows to dressers with a little more patina than might be considered conventionally desirable. So when a friend was about to demo ...

Crystal chandeliers have come a long way from the days as traditional, stately pieces only enjoyed in the most formal of spaces and positioned to impress guests in the dining room or the foyer.

Since the 16 th century, crystal chandeliers have created ethereal, romantic visual focal points for the rooms in which they are hung. Italian gem cutters were experts at shaping rock crystal into a ...