Arched Brass Chandelier (2012)
A monumental six-sided lantern in solid brass and milled glass
Created in 2012 for the entrance hall of a contemporary villa set within a forest landscape, this monumental arched chandelier was developed as an original six-sided lantern within Kostylo Atelier. While its proportions and architectural rhythm draw from historical French lantern forms, the work was conceived independently rather than reproduced from an existing model.
The structure was cast in solid brass, silver-soldered, hand-chased and fitted with six milled glass panels. Every architectural line, ornamental element and structural joint was developed through traditional workshop methods, with the construction conceived as an integrated whole rather than assembled from prefabricated components.
Four points of light form the internal composition, arranged symmetrically within the lantern body. At one meter in height, the chandelier occupies the space as both a functional light source and a sculptural architectural object.
The brass surface was finished in an old-bronze patina and polished selectively by hand, allowing warmer tones of the metal to emerge along edges, profiles and raised ornament. This contrast reinforces the structure of the form and gives the surface greater depth under changing light.
The composition brings together scale, structure and illumination within a single object. Brass, glass and ornament are treated as parts of one architectural language, with light functioning as an element of the sculpture rather than as a separate technical component.
Today, the chandelier remains part of the Heritage Archive, documenting a formative stage in the atelier’s exploration of monumental lighting, traditional metal construction and architectural form.
The result is not simply a lantern chandelier. It is a sculptural object in which architecture, material and light are brought together within a single monumental form.
