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Description: Six-light brass (ormolu) chandelier, intricately cast with allegorical figures, now electrified. A matching chandelier is in storage. The identical fixtures were originally in the North & South parlors. An article in the Ontario Messenger* states that people were invited to the Homestead on 30 January 1854 to see the chandeliers lit and that it was an impressive sight. Reference: Granger Homestead - A Historic Structure Report. prep. for the Granger Homestead, 1979. *Ontario Messenger, 1 February 1854.
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