A mid 20th century Italian 14 branch Maria Theresa style chandelier.
Dressed with chains of glass buttons slung from the base of the ﾓsﾔ arms in increasing lengths and finished by a low slung crystal ball from the base of the frame.

A mixture of glass and lead crystal drops with the lighting arms of the chandelier being flat iron sandwiched between sections of moulded glass and joined by glass rosettes.The central shaft of the light is hidden within a glass baluster and topped with a glass saucer from which are hung a series of “cut back Albert” drops. This type of chandelier made its first appearance during the reign of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa during Louis XVﾒs reign in France. The crystal lighting in his palace enchanted her so much that she had several crystal chandeliers built in her own court. This is what has brought about the Maria Theresa-style of crystal chandeliers.