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A chandelier is a branched decorative ceiling-mounted light fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. Chandeliers are often ornate, containing dozens of lamps and complex arrays of glass or crystal prisms to illuminate a room with refracted light.
The word Chandelier appeared in the English language in the late 14th Century, directly from the 12th Century Old Spanish world Chandelier this was a new spelling of the earlier 10th Century French word Chandelabre which in turn comes from Latin Candelbrum from the Latin Candela meaning candle. The word candle then in turn has its own etymology.
The earliest candle chandeliers were used in medieval times by the wealthy. They generally took the form of a wooden cross with a number of spikes on which candles could be secured, the whole assembly being hoisted to a suitable height on a rope or chain suspended from a hook.
From the 15th century, more complex forms of chandeliers based on ring or crown designs began to become popular decorative features, found in palaces and homes of the nobility, clergy and merchant class. The high cost of night time illumination made the chandelier a symbol of luxury and status. By the early 18th century, ornate cast ormolu forms with long, curved arms and many candles could be found in the homes of much of the growing merchant class. Neoclassical motifs became an increasingly common element, mostly in cast metals but also in carved and gilded wood. Developments in glassmaking in the 18th century allowed the cheaper production of lead crystal. The light-scattering properties of this highly refractive glass quickly became a popular addition to the form, leading to the crystal chandelier.
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Genres: ,Whoa oh oh
Whoa oh oh
Chandelier...
Now that we are face to face
I wanna tell you I think you're from outta space
If it sounds a little too wild
If you got the time I'll stay to elaborate
Your nothing like the girls I used to date
You even glow in the morning without your make-up
I mean it, I'm not teasing
It's the truth baby I just got to say
Brightest smile, I'd spot her from a thousand miles away
Lights my life up, I call her chandelier
I see heaven when she looks at me
In my darkest hour
She's the sweetest melody
Never disappear my shining chandelier
Chandelier...
One day we may turn grey
But I'm sure it won't blow out the candle spark in my heart
Just like the stars they will forever play in the milky-way
Let's say you were ever to say
You're not in love like you were back the days
Just the thought of you in my arms would keep the lights on there upstairs in my head
Brightest smile, I'd spot her from a thousand miles away
Lights my life up, I call her chandelier
I see heaven when she looks at me
In my darkest hour
She's the sweetest melody
Never disappear my shining chandelier
Chandelier...
Feel like a new born child when you hold me in your comfort
You shower me with joy
Your my favourite love lucky four leaf clover
There's no starting over chandelier
Whoa oh oh
Whoa oh oh
Chandelier...
Brightest smile, I'd spot her from a thousand miles away
Lights my life up, I call her chandelier
I see heaven when she looks at me
In my darkest hour
She's the sweetest melody
Never disappear my shining chandelier
Chandelier...
One day we may turn grey