A rare, early and very impressive English six-branch chandelier by Best & Lloyd . Each scrolled arm in the art nouveau style and supporting pendant a reproduction vaseline-glass lampshade of enclosed globular form and terminated at the base with a further seventh lampshade.

Ht. 110cm/43in (excludes any chain and ceiling plate required), Diam.92/36

Ht.(shade)25/10, Diam.15/6

Best & Lloyd, Birmingham 1867

• Best & Lloyd founded in 1867 after liquidation of Best & Hobson producing candle lamps

• By 1900 Best & Lloyd had become the largest lighting manufacturer in the world.

• In 1928, founder Robert Best’s grandson designed the iconic Bestlite range inspired by the Bauhaus movement.