A rococo giltwood two-branch girandole by J. Åkerblad (master in Stockholm 1756-99).

Gilded and bronzed. Crowned with a pierced decoration of crossed torches, laurel wreath, and ribbon rosette, framework with laurel staff against a background of engraved pattern tendrils, at the bottom a pierced shell formation. Mercury-backed and faceted mirror glass with engraved star decoration. Brass light arms. Signed with a firebrand IÅ under a crown and dated with Stockholm's hallmark stamp 177(?). Height 97, width 53 cm.