EXQUISITE MID CENTURY VINTAGE GLASS CHANDELIER/PENDANT FOR EXPO 1958 IN BRUSSELS

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EXQUISITE MID CENTURY VINTAGE GLASS CHANDELIER/PENDANT FOR EXPO 1958 IN BRUSSELS:
$700.00

THIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE GLASS HAND – MADE CHANDELIER (PENDANT) IN PERFECT VINTAGE CONDITION. IT HAS A UMBRELLA LOOK.

VERY RARE, NOT MANY MADE. CHANDELIER WAS MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THE FIXTURE POLE HAS THREE BULBS. COLOR OF THE PENDANT IS SOMETHING BETWEEN TURQUOISE,AQUA AND TEAL, SOME STRIPES ARE COLORED GOLD.

IT IS AN EYE CATCHER, AN EXQUISITE ADDITION TO YOUR UPSCALE HOME.

I APPOLOGIZE FOR THE POOL / WINDOWS REFLECTION IN THE PICTURES.

THIS PENDANT WAS DESIGNED AS AN EXHIBIT FOR THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PAVILION AT THE BRUSSELS WORLD FAIR IN 1958.

CONDITION:

CHANDELIER IS FULLY WORKING, IT WAS CHECKED BY A QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN. CHANDELIER NEEDS 3 BULBS, LIGHT BULBS ARE NOT INCLUDED. THE CHANDELIER IS IN VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION, FOR IT´S AGE, WITH AGE RELATED DISCOLORATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST VINTAGE ITEMS ARE LIKELY TO SHOWSIGNSOF AGESUCH AS TARNISH, SURFACE WEAR AND MARKS. THE CHROME HARDWARE OF THE PENDANT IS ORIGINAL AND IT DISPLAYS LIGHT WEAR.

MEASURES ARE APPROXIMATELY :

DIAMETER – 21 INCHES

POLE LENGHT – 18,5 INCHES

VINTAGE ITEMS ARE WELL WRAPPED AND CUSHIONED INSIDE AND SENT SECURELY. TRACKING NUMBER AND INSURANCE PROVIDED.

EXPO 1958, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BRUSSELS WORLD\'S FAIR,WAS HELD FROM 17th of APRIL TO 19th ofOCTOBER IN 1958. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR WORLD\'S FAIR AFTER THE WORLD WARII.THISWAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SUCCESS OF THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN COUNTRY IN THE GLOBAL COMPETITION. UNEXPECTEDLY THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PAVILION WAS AWARDED IN THE OVERALL RANKING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WITH THE TOP PRIZE, THE \"GOLD STAR\" PLUS THIRTEEN OTHER SIGNIFICANT AWARDS. THE TOP PRIZE WAS AWARDED ON THE BASIS OF THE HIGH SCORING OF NOT ONLY THE TECHNOLOGY USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DISMOUNTABLE PAVILIONS(STEEL SKELETON) IN COMBINATION WITH GLASS AND PLASTICS, BUT ALSO WITH THE PERFECT INTERIOR FURNISHED WITH ORIGINAL FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART AND UTILITY OBJECTS. THE \"BRUSSELS STYLE\" CAPTURED THE WHOLE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SOCIETY IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. GREAT SUCCESS WAS ENJOYED BY LATERNA MAGIKA - A DANCE STAGE PERFORMANCE COMBINED WITH FILM PROJECTION. IT\'S AUTHOR WAS DIRECTOR A ALFRED RADOK. THE PAVILION CONSISTED OF TWO PARTS - A CUBIC ENTRANCE HALL AND AN ORGANICALLY CURVED RESTAURANT IN THE INSIDE YARD. IN THE 1959 THE CZECHOSLOVAK GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO DISMANTLE BOTH STRUCTURES IN BRUSSELS AND TO TRANSFER THEM TO PRAGUE. ATTRACTIVE PLOTS WERE SELECTED FOR THAT PURPOSE - THE MAIN PAVILION WAS ASSEMBLED ON THE PREMISES OF THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS IN THE ROYAL GAME PARK, WHILE THE RESTAURANT WAS ERECTED IN AN EVEN BETTER LOCATION AT THE BOUNDARY OF LETNA PARKIN HOLESOVICE, THAT\'S WHY THE RESTAURANT IMMEDIATELY BECAME ONE OF THE DOMINANT FEATURES OF THE PRAGUE\'S SKYLINE VIEWED FROM THE CENTRE.