Chandeliers

thumb|upright=1.4|Chandeliers in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles

12th-century wheel chandelier in Aachen Cathedral founded by Frederick Barbarossa and his wife Beatrix

lighting device

thumb|A girandole with convex mirror A girandole () is an ornamental branched candle holder consisting of several lights that may be on a stand or mounted on the wall, either by itself or attached to a mirror. Girandole has been used to refer to a number of different objects and designs; it originally referred to a form of firework, but was adopted in France in the mid-17th century as a term for a luxurious object for lighting. The early girandoles were candelabras decorated with crystals looking like a chandelier on a stand, but it was also used at one time to describe all candelabras and cha

11th-century Romanesque wheel chandelier, part of the treasures of the Cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany